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Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge? COMPLETED IT, MATE! Team Row For the Ocean (made up of Kate, Ros, Kirsty and Laura) have just rowed the Atlantic Ocean with a time of 43 days, 2 hours and 20 minutes and are the first...

Leading environmental charities, including Surfers Against Sewage, have come together to warn that leaving the European Union without a deal could be catastrophic for our clean beaches, bringing back the threat of sewage and pollution filled seas, and big companies...

MPs call on the government to act now to protect oceans and stop destroying marine life. The Sustainable Seas Report published today says that urgent action is needed on climate change, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and marine conservation. The report...

Protecting people from sewage pollution and the effects of poor water quality are embedded in the DNA of Surfers Against Sewage. We continue to monitor and challenge thousands of sewage pollution events around the UK every year, calling for the...

Surfers Against Sewage Plastic Free Schools campaign is highlighted as leading example  Georgeham Primary School in North Devon was the first school to achieve Plastic Free School status and the Education Secretary wants "every school in the country following their...

2018 feels like the year that the UK fully recognised its addiction to avoidable single-use plastic and started to do something about it. ‘Single-use’ was the dictionary word of the year, ‘90.5% of plastic not recycled’ was the statistic of...

Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) welcomes the comprehensive measures and ambitious goals, and particularly the focus on extended producer responsibility SAS warns that meaningful action on the Deposit Return Scheme could be delayed or avoided by drawn-out consultation & implementation periods SAS...

  Congratulations to 14 lucky winners of this year’s raffle who have been contacted. £1000 cash – ticket no 1122 Open Shaping day – ticket no 164321 GoPro HERO6 – ticket no 125201 Adams Shortboard – ticket no 10031 Skunkworks...

SAS Volunteers Collect Vital Plastic Bottle Data in UK's Largest Ever Beach and River Survey [caption id="attachment_63047" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Our Bottle Report Form is use in Avon Gorge (c)Alex Casado[/caption] The UK Government announced that a drink bottle Deposit Return...