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Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has joined forces with Parley for the Oceans to identify and support ten island communities in the fight against plastic pollution. Together they will empower local leaders through the Parley AIR Strategy. The plastic pollution crisis...

  In just one week's time, Laura, Kate, Kirsty and Ros will begin their epic voyage from La Gomera, traveling 3000 miles in their boat Liberty as they head to Antigua! We caught up with Ros to discuss the upcoming...

Surfers Against Sewage is thrilled to announce the appointment of two new trustees, Richard Walker, MD of the Iceland Foods Group and Lucy Siegle, journalist, television presenter and author of Turning the Tide on Plastic. Richard and Lucy are leading...

The Times newspaper has picked Surfers Against Sewage as one of the beneficiaries of its renowned Christmas Appeal. In picking SAS the newspaper said: “This is an organisation that gets results, both on the ground and in the corridors of...

We’ve Crowdsourced a Plastic Free Christmas! Faced with the tidal wave of plastic that hits each of us each Christmas, this year we’ve taken inspiration from you, our Plastic Free Communities, on how to have a cracking Christmas with more...

[caption id="attachment_61428" align="aligncenter" width="2500"] Image: Lewis Arnold[/caption] This #GivingTuesday, we are delighted to announce a new partnership with Hydro Flask. Surfers Against Sewage has received $50,000 from the brand's charitable grant programme, Parks For All, to support our Regional Reps...

21,000 volunteers clear 35 tonnes of plastic pollution from beaches and rivers in the UK's biggest ever Autumn plastic clean up. The increased awareness of plastic pollution amongst the public led to 100 more cleans than the same time last year, 26% over previous...

  [caption id="attachment_61080" align="alignnone" width="660"] Hayle beach clean volunteers 📷 Ian Lean[/caption]   Iceland Foods Charitable Foundation (IFCF) and national marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS), have announced a new two year partnership to grow the ‘Plastic Free Communities’...

Bathing waters in England 2018 During the May to September bathing season, as our ocean going population swells, the Environment Agency monitors the level of bacteria in the water at over 400 bathing waters in England. Today (15th November), those...