News and blogs

- Bathing water results published today show another successful year with 97.9% of beaches passing standards after a settled and dry summer. - Positive results prove we can take action to protect our beaches and oceans. - Despite the progress, Surfers...

In response to an e-petition backed by over 123,000 members of the public, Parliament debated on Monday (12th Nov) on requiring supermarkets to offer an option of plastic-free loose fresh fruit and vegetables. Food packaging makes up around two-thirds of the...

Batten down the hatches! Surfers Against Sewage has joined forces with The Kraken Black Spiced Rum to help tackle the biggest threat to face The Kraken’s watery lair in centuries… It appears even fearsome mythical beasts are under attack from...

  Are you looking to tie the knot soon but don’t want your big day to be full of plastic tat and killer confetti?  Well we’ve got you covered. We asked our Plastic Free Communities across the UK to suggest top tips...

Across the UK hundreds of local businesses are becoming Surfers Against Sewage ‘Plastic Free Champions’, as they work to free themselves from avoidable throw-away plastic. Photo of Saropi Di Sole cafe As the SAS Plastic Free Communities movement takes hold across...

A new report endorsed by Surfers Against Sewage estimates that the UK population throws away over 295 BILLION pieces of plastic every year. Piled together, this would create a mountain of plastic as high as The Shard in London with...

We live in a plastic world. It’s an extraordinarily useful, versatile, cheap material. So how, as a business, do you even start to tackle its prevalence?  Photo by Bella Bunce Plastic Free Communities is about kicking our addiction to avoidable...

  Environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage is calling on the Chancellor Philip Hammond to tackle the creation and use of avoidable single-use plastic in his forthcoming Autumn Budget on Monday, including the introduction of a plastic tax and support for...

  Following the challenge that Surfers Against Sewage issued to Parliament to get their house in order and free from single-use plastic (read about our recent campaign success here), we provided every MP with a free, reusable stainless steel Kanteen...