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The REEF X SAS Beach Clean was a huge success Our REEF beach clean held at Watergate Bay was a huge success! Together, our incredible volunteers managed to collect 18 bags full of plastic waste. Alongside plastic fragments, we found items...

In just a few weeks’ time, the Environment Agency will be releasing new data on the scale of sewage discharges released by water companies in 2021. And we don’t expect this to present a pretty picture! Over 90% of sewage...

Yes, it’s really happened. Today, a historic resolution has been agreed by 175 countries to end plastic pollution. This is the most important international environment pact since the Paris climate agreement in 2015. It’s the Paris moment for plastics. Commenting...

Today, the International Panel on Climate Change released its second of three reports that make up its Sixth Assessment Report. And, as expected, it’s a rather difficult read for a Monday afternoon. The report sets out how climate change is...

The Million Mile Clean is part of our campaign against plastic pollution. It saw over 142,400 volunteers clean nearly 400,000kg of packaging pollution across the UK last year. The packaging pollution collected by volunteers provides us with the evidence to...

As a charity, much of our ocean-saving work is funded by our incredible supporters, members and donors. These regular donations fuel record-breaking beach cleans, industry-shaking sewage pollution campaigns, ocean activist training, and so much more. Truly, the list goes on....

Since the Environment Act was passed last year government have been talking up the Strategic Policy Statement (the document government uses to tell the water sector what they expect from them), as the next big moment in ending sewage pollution....

Ocean Activists are helping to remove a massive 43.3 million single use plastic items per year as part of Surfers Against Sewage’s grassroots Plastic Free Communities movement.  Plastic pollution is a growing threat that is on the verge of colonizing...

With your support, we are proud to have inspired such an incredible year of engagement and action in 2021. Record numbers of Ocean Activists around the UK empowered to act on some of the most pressing issues facing the ocean,...