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  DEFRA has launched a consultation on the banning of plastic stirrers, straws (with medical exceptions) and cotton bud sticks. The move could eliminate 316 million plastic stirrers, 1.8 billion cotton bud sticks and 4.7 billion plastic straws annually. The...

Surfers Against Sewage has seen a huge increase in community led beach and river cleans with more than 460 this Autumn compared to 360 at the same time last year. This increase makes the Surfers Against Sewage Autumn Beach and...

Marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage has been chosen by the Met Office as its official partner charity f or the next three years, and the pair-up started with a ‘big clean’ on Ness Cove beach, near Teignmouth. A team of 27...

Marine conservation charity Surfers Against Sewage is calling for 15,000 beach and river clean volunteers to join the autumn’s biggest plastic collection event across the UK. Across the week of the 20th to the 28th October Surfers Against Sewage (SAS)...

Last year, an investigation by Surfers Against Sewage uncovered that a staggering 2 million avoidable single-use plastic items were purchased in 2017 by the House of Commons and House of Lords. In response, the marine conservation charity launched the Plastic...

Aiming for 400 Beach and 60 River Cleans Nationwide Our Autumn Beach and River Clean takes place between 20-28th October with the aim of mobilising 15,000 volunteers from coastal and inland communities to help clean 400 beaches and 60 rivers....

Update 04/09/2018 - More heavily discoloured discharge and odour has been reported by SAS supporters occurring from 4pm Tuesday. We've continuing to liaise with the Environment Agency and South West Water - who state that the malfunctioning Newquay plant responsible...

CONGRATULATIONS to Lewis Pugh for his heroic achievement completing The Long Swim, swimming from Land's End to Dover to raise awareness of Plastic Pollution and the need for greater protection for our oceans.   At the completion of The Long...

SAS has published the first Ocean Conservation Register of its kind, to facilitate dialogue between Parliament and those working in the ocean sector. The Register outlines key marine conservation issues and the interest of MPs in them based on MPs’...