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Government reforms to the Bathing Water Regulations could make it impossible for some swimming spots to achieve bathing water status.
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Citizen Scientists Unveil Trends in Plastic Pollution Across Britain
A study carried out by local Surfers Against Sewage volunteers has been published in a scientific journal, revealing trends in plastic pollution and geographic location across the UK. Research on plastic pollution undertaken by 97 Surfers Against Sewage volunteers has...
Surf Activists
Surfers Against Sewage launches new website to empower grassroots surf activists to campaign against environmental vandalism destroying unique surf spots. Surfers Against Sewage believes that all surfers should take stewardship for our surfing environment and carry out actions to preserve...
Dirty Man of Europe
The importance of European Directives in Protecting our Green and Blue Spaces. The European Union has a strong track record of environmental protection, driving environmental reform through tougher legislation to protect our oceans, countryside, waterways and air quality. Shamefully, before...
Fantastic Funds For a New Wave of Volunteers on World Ocean Day 2016
£100,000 from players of People’s Postcode Lottery will help us clean up even more beaches We are delighted to have been awarded an incredible £100,000 by People’s Postcode Trust to grow its highly effective network of marine conservation volunteers around the...
Federation of Newsagents Support SAS Bag Charge Improvements!
The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) is once again supporting the Break The Bag Habit coalition and renewing their calls for the 5p charge on plastic bags to be extended to small shops in England as a new poll...
New Poll Shows Increased Public Support For Bag Charge
Public behind plastic bag charge as support for anti-litter measure increases SAS And our Break The Bag Habit partners call for universal charge as poll shows public confusion over limited regulations As the Government collects carrier bag usage statistics for the...
SAS and Tom Curren at the Greenest Ever Boardmasters!
As the sea begins to heat up and the sun makes longer appearances, our thoughts turn to summer and festivals and they don't come much bigger than the Boardmasters Festival. This August marks the 16th year of our partnership with this iconic event,...
MPs Support Sewage Free Seas
Surfers Against Sewage were in Westminster yesterday delivering a national call for Sewage Free Seas, supported by more than 13,000 members of the public, as part of our Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group. Leading an informed group of...
Join Us At Paddle Round The Pier #20!
We are delighted to announce that we’ll be heading to the 20th Anniversary Paddle Round The Pier beach festival as one of their three nominated charities this July 2nd and 3rd in beautiful Brighton. Like SAS the “Paddle” emerged from very humble...
2016 Bathing Season Begins
Today (15th May 2016) is the official start of the 2016 Bathing Season in England and Wales (the Scottish and Northern Irish Bathing Seasons begin 1st June), and along with it, the Safer Seas Service is back fully online. This...