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  [caption id="attachment_69949" align="aligncenter" width="552"] (C) Tom Baker[/caption] As hundreds of communities across the UK work to start freeing where they live from single-use plastic through the Plastic Free Communities movement, we are seeing a resurgence in public drinking fountains....

Marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage and the Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF) have confirmed plans to host a national awards ceremony celebrating the thousands of campaigners backing their fight against plastic pollution and production. The new Plastic Free Awards...

A decision to expand the UK’s blue belt has been nationally welcomed by conservationists, as an extra 41 ocean areas are announced as Marine Conservation Zones (MCZ). The special zones are part of the UK’s bid to help protect 30%...

[caption id="attachment_69895" align="alignnone" width="660"] Lingey House Primary School taking action[/caption]   In a landmark moment, we are thrilled to reveal that 1,000 schools across the UK are now taking the fight against plastic pollution straight to their communities. The achievement...

  A growing number of MPs from across the UK are joining the fight to save the ocean as part of a new campaign led by Surfers Against Sewage. [caption id="attachment_69917" align="alignnone" width="660"] Hugo Tagholm, Jaz Strzelecki, Steve Double MP,...

Canary Wharf Group has become the world’s first Commercial Centre to be awarded Plastic Free Communities Approved status by Surfers Against Sewage. The group has been working across all levels to start reducing the impact of single-use avoidable plastic as...

[caption id="attachment_69624" align="aligncenter" width="790"] SAS campaigners bring a 15 foot ‘unknown sea creature’ to Parliament to call on MPs to sign the #GenerationSea pledge to protect the ocean. Photo: Anthony Upton/PA Wire[/caption] Campaigners are giving MPs a glaring reality check...

[caption id="attachment_69168" align="aligncenter" width="660"] Photo by: Dutourdumonde / Adobe Pictures[/caption] The UK government has revealed a ground-breaking ban which will see the end of plastic straws, drink stirrers and cotton buds on the high street in England from next April....

Across the UK, over 500 communities are empowering individuals, businesses and organisations to take action on single-use, avoidable plastic.  The Plastic Free Communities movement is open to all and it’s encouraging to see so many people get involved, from all...