With lots of families kitting out children of all ages to go back to class in September, it’s a great time to think about our plastic impact and how we can do things a better way for our environment. From plastic free lunches to uniform swaps or asking your school to take action on single-use […]
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Students step onto beach for the first time thanks to Ocean School
Our immersive education programme aimed at getting children involved with ocean conservation has seen some students head to the beach for the first time in their lives this summer. Ocean School (Ysgol y Mor), welcomed 1,500 primary and secondary school students into the ‘greatest classroom on earth’ in recent weeks. “The aim? Simple. To give […]
Judges confirmed for Plastic Free Awards 2019
Judges have now been confirmed for the anticipated Plastic Free Awards – among them, the likes of much-loved award-winning presenter Ben Fogle and multi-Gold medal Olympian Helen Glover. Hosted by marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), the Plastic Free Awards are set to celebrate the thousands of campaigners backing its fight against plastic […]
Volunteers Urged to Become ‘Voices of the Community’ With Expanding Regional Rep Programme
Campaigners battling to make their local coastlines, towns and cities a cleaner, safer place are being urged to join a growing Regional Rep programme, aimed at uniting communities to effect real environmental change. National charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) originally launched the Regional Rep initiative in a bid to create cleaner, sewage-free coastlines back in 2010 […]
Call to volunteers after record beach cleans across the UK
Today, we launch our biggest ever Autumn Beach Clean mobilising 20,000 volunteers at 500 events across the UK. The cleans will take place between 19th – 27th of October. We are calling for volunteers to register events on beaches, rivers, mountains and urban areas. The cleans make up part of our ‘Plastic Free Communities’ movement […]
Surfers Against Sewage responds to Southern Water OFWAT fine
SAS have, in close collaboration with our reps network, released an official consultation response to the investigation of Southern Waters breach of licence conditions and statutory duties. The response has today (19th July) been submitted to OFWAT – the water services regulation authority in England and Wales. The investigation relate to incidents that took place between 2010 […]
New Plastic Free Communities Advisory Group Launched
As the Plastic Free Communities movement continues to grow, Surfers Against Sewage brings together Community Leads from across the UK to inform and help shape an exciting new phase of the campaign. Almost 600 communities in the UK are working to free where they live from single-use plastic using Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Community […]
Gove backs ‘all-in’ deposit return system for drinks containers.
Michael Gove, Environment Secretary, has today (16th July) in a speech at Kew Gardens outlined his support for a comprehensive deposit return system (DRS) that covers the “maximum amount of potentially polluting packaging”, covering all sizes of cans and bottles. Gove explained how the ‘all-in’ system, supported and informed by Surfers Against Sewage since its […]
Take a Plastic Free Holiday
Summer is well and truly on us! Before the schools break up and the mass exodus starts, we thought we’d share some great action and advice from our Plastic Free Communities, who are all helping us reduce our plastic impact over the holidays. It can sometimes be hard when away from home or out of […]
Paddle Against Plastic Pollution
On Monday 8th July, Mike Lacey, Alan Stokes, Sam & Will Boex, Ben Skinner, Lukas Skinner, Emily Currie, Jayce Robinson, Rich Lacey & Kelvin Batt and Dom Moore set off from Porthcurno to paddle 32 miles to The Isles of Scilly in aid of SAS! We caught up with Alan to find out all about […]