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On November 13th we will be broadcasting live to Plastic Free Schools participants across the UK with our first ever Pupil Power Assembly. Our ocean and climate is changing. Pupils need to be at the heart of driving positive environmental...

Surfers Against Sewage is proud to be part of innovative product line-up from Advent of Change Surfers Against Sewage are pleased to announce that we are part of a unique product line-up for Christmas 2020, alongside 47 other charities. The...

  We are planning an exciting new campaign action to influence South West Water from the inside. As part of a new scheme, South West Water (SWW) have announced they are providing their customers with the opportunity to hold shares...

  Last year, it was abundantly clear that the performance of water companies was unacceptable, but have they listened? Clearly not. Today, the Environment Agency  reported that the performance of water and sewage companies continues to decline for a second...

[caption id="attachment_86239" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Photo by: Dutourdumonde / Adobe Pictures[/caption]   As of today, the Government has officially banned plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds in England! This a massive win for the ocean; and for SAS campaigners, volunteers...

Today Defra have revealed that all rivers have failed to meet legally-binding pollution quality test with a woeful 14% meeting good ecological status – no improvement to figures released in 2016. And no river meets good chemical status, suggesting that...

We're joining forces with Iceland, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and A Plastic Planet to call on business to commit to transparency in reporting their plastic usage, and for the Government to mandate plastic reporting and pollution reduction targets. "We...

MPs from across the political spectrum came together today with marine experts from Surfers Against Sewage, Cornwall Wildlife Trust, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Marine Conservation Society for the Ocean Conservation All-Party Parliamentary Group’s first ever digital meeting. Central...

When it’s a river, street or mountain clean of course! Although we don’t all live by the coast we can all be beach cleaners, from summit to sea. Much of the plastic pollution found on our beaches may very well...