Join/Donate

News and blogs

Featured

Featured

Scottish Elections: A chance to turn the tide on pollution

With the Scottish election on the horizon, we have a massive opportunity to demand better for our wild waters. This is a chance to ensure that whoever forms the next government prioritises putting an ending water pollution.  The environment is a devolved matter meaning the Scottish Government...

Featured

Welsh Elections: A new Senedd, a new chance for change

It's election year in Wales, and this provides a massive opportunity for us to show that whoever forms the next government must have ending water pollution at the top of their priority list.  The 2026 Senedd election marks a historic turning point for Wales. With an expanded parliament and new...

Tracing the Truth: A Community’s Decade-Long Fight Over Bio-Bead Pollution

On Dorset’s stunning Jurassic Coast, fossil hunters flock to Charmouth in search of ancient treasures. But alongside the relics of prehistory, plastic pollution washing ashore, are millions of tiny plastic bio-beads. For nearly a decade, the local community has fought tirelessly to uncover the truth behind this pollution and hold those responsible to account.

COP30: What happened?

We watched COP30 in Belém, Brazil, with a mix of hope and frustration. The summit delivered some incremental progress but ultimately failed to address the root causes of the crises we face, particularly fossil-fuel-driven plastic production.  The Good News COP30 did produce some positive outcomes: Adaptation...

What are Bio-beads?

Small plastic pellets and discs are washing up across the UK, from Camber Sands in Sussex, to South Wales and now Lyme Regis in Dorset. With volunteers and local councils left to largely to deal with the clean-up. They are...

What could Special Administration mean for water companies?

The Special Administration Regime or SAR is a term that SAS and other environmental organisations are starting to talk about more publicly when it comes to the water industry. With the constant flow (excuse the pun) of headlines surrounding water...

Respond to the Welsh Deposit Return Scheme Consultation

The Welsh Government is consulting on how to deliver a Deposit Return Scheme (DRS) that truly works for people and planet and we need your voice.  A DRS adds a small refundable deposit to drink containers (like cans, glass, and...

Stop Rosebank: Plastic Starts With Oil

From Geneva to Rosebank: If you meant it, prove it Back in August 2025, the world gathered in Geneva for what was meant to be the final round of negotiations for a Global Plastics Treaty. Delegates from more than 170...