Our health is affected in countless ways by the environment we live in – from the quality of the air we breathe to the ocean we enjoy playing in, environmental factors can have a major influence on our health. Every year, a staggering 8-13 million tonnes of plastic is estimated to enter our ocean, so maintaining a […]
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EXPOSED: Dirty Dozen Fuelling The UK’s Packaging Pollution Crisis
Our 2021 Brand Audit Report, launched today (11 August), has revealed that two thirds of the UKs plastic and packaging pollution can be traced back to just 12 polluting companies, aka. THE DIRTY DOZEN: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Anheuser-Bush InBev, McDonalds, Mondelez International, Heineken, Tesco, Carlsberg Group, Suntory, Haribo, Mars and Aldi. Read the full report Hugo, […]
Time To Act
Today’s IPCC report should come as no surprise. Scientists have been warning of the impacts of human induced climate change for decades. Their science and forecasts, unequivocally linking human influence on the warming of the atmosphere, ocean and biosphere, have for years been systematically sidestepped by fossil fuel lobbyists, corporate interests and ineffective global […]
Water Industry Fails to Cut Pollution…AGAIN
We’ve woken up this morning to yet more evidence of the water industries failure to address pollution into waterways across England. Today’s report on water company performance published by the Environment Agency is another damning indictment of an industry that for too long has used our ocean and rivers as a dumping ground. Just last […]
Southern Water Slammed with Record Fine for Sewage Pollution
Today, Southern Water were fined a record £90 million for illegally dumping raw sewage into the sea across the south coast. The company wilfully discharged untreated sewage 7,000 times between 2010- 2015, equating to a massive 61,700 hours of pollution impacting sensitive coastal habitats and popular recreational areas. Southern Water pleaded guilty to 51 […]
Surf Wood for Good: Free Bellyboard Hire
The team at Surfers Against Sewage are stoked to be supporting the team behind Surf Wood For Good: Dick Pearce, Little Goat Gruff and Karma Surf Shop. Through this initiative, people can hire a wooden belly board for free, stopping the purchase of single use polystyrene boards. We speak with the guys from Surf Wood […]
THE PLASTIC FREE AWARDS CELEBRATES ENVIRONMENTAL CHAMPIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
The second instalment of the Plastic Free Awards took place last night with an unforgettable virtual celebration. We were delighted to host the awards alongside co-founder Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation to celebrate the incredible movement of people and communities fighting for a future without plastic pollution. The awards ceremony brought together environmental activists and community leaders […]
The G7 Has Arrived in Cornwall
This weekend, leaders from the worlds richest countries will be pacing the shores of Cornwall, just a few beaches away from SAS HQ. The along with the health and economic crisis’s, the climate emergency is at the top of the agenda for discussions and we’re calling on G7 Ministers to put the ocean at the […]
World Ocean Day – Lifting Baseline Syndrome
We have all been unavoidably exposed to the dropping tide of nature, each successive generation born to a newly diminished wild world and accepting it as the environmental standard, or baseline, that they should fight to protect. This is due to the lack of experience and loss of exposure to past environmental, biodiversity and wildlife […]
Plastic Bag Charge in England to be Extended to All Retailers and Increased to 10p
Today, 21st May , our fight to tackle the scourge of single-use plastic carrier bags choking the ocean has taken another step forward with the extension of the plastic bag charge to all retailers and increased to 10p. Plastic bags used to be one of the most common items of plastic pollution washed up on […]