My name is Caitlin and I am joining the school climate strike today, along with hundreds of thousands of young people around the world. Our ocean’s in real trouble from climate change and we must help it. My friends have been messaging each other on Instagram getting organised and today I am going on my […]
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Non-recyclable milk bottles banished from plastic free schools
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF SCHOOL CHILDREN TAKE THE ‘PLASTIC FREE FIGHT’ TO BIG BUSINESS. Since the 2017 launch of the programme over 750 schools have signed-up to work towards Plastic Free Schools status. With tens of thousands of students of all ages focusing their talent and passion on freeing their schools from the grip of […]
Plans to build Plastic Free Birmingham help set wheels in motion to see 2022 Commonwealth Games become the greenest Games ever
The 2022 Commonwealth Games could become greener than ever before, as a motion is passed to help one of the UK’s biggest cities become plastic free. It comes as campaigners in Birmingham strive to create Plastic Free Communities, as part of the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) campaign to rid the UK of avoidable single-use […]
Incredible Women Leading the Charge to Protect Planet Ocean
In celebration of International Women’s Day on Friday 8th March, this week we’ve announced a special selection of remarkable women leading the charge to protect our planet. The Women Earth Defenders list shines a spotlight on incredible individuals and luminaries in environmental campaigning, ocean advocacy, social justice, art, science, sport and politics. Among the 18 […]
The first nation-wide Mass Unwrap is underway. How can you join in?
From the 3rd to the 10th of March, Surfers Against Sewage have organised a series of Mass Unwrap events in supermarkets across the UK to call for action to tackle wasteful and avoidable single-use plastic. Mass Unwrap is a fun, high-impact action that highlights exactly how much plastic waste is produced in UK supermarkets after every […]
Island communities around the UK lead the fight against plastic pollution
Surfers Against Sewage and Parley for the Oceans are launching a pilot project aiming to tackle marine plastic pollution on British islands by implementing innovative, community-based solutions. The initiative is part of our ‘Cold Water Islands Project’, a collaboration with Parley for the Oceans to develop a strategy that volunteer-led island communities will work to […]
PUPILS URGE MICHAEL GOVE TO INCLUDE ALL BOTTLES IN DEPOSIT RETURN SCHEME
POWER TO THE PUPILS! Yesterday the incredible pupils of Damers First School in Dorchester met with the Environment Secretary, Michael Gove outside Westminster Abbey to call for an ‘ALL IN’ drinks bottle deposit return scheme (DRS). The students were invited to take part in the event, organised by our fellow campaigners the Campaign to Protect Rural […]
Growing trend to reduce plastic at events sees Glastonbury ditch single-use plastic bottles
One of the UK’s biggest festivals has announced that for the first time it will be ditching single-use plastic drinking bottles. Organisers of the iconic Glastonbury Festival say they will be banning any sale of the drinks bottles on site – and they won’t be available in any of the festival’s backstage, production, catering […]
Are you #GenerationSea?
#GenerationSea is a new movement we’re building to save and secure the future of our oceans and beaches. If you join #GenerationSea you’ll be able to help us with a range of actions including signing and sharing petitions, contacting your MP, collecting evidence from shorelines and promoting the campaign on social media. We’re seizing this […]
Where next for Surfers Against Sewage campaigns in 2019?
More than 4,197 supporters have completed the survey about our oceans. Thank you! Your answers provide powerful evidence of our concerns about the health of the ocean. They show clearly the need for greater laws and regulation to conserve the ocean environment, so crucial to human health and wellbeing. We have been overwhelmed by the […]