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New figures released today by Defra show a further 2.3% increase in single-use carrier bag usage to shocking 8.5 billion across the UK.  This is undeniable evidence of why the imminent introduction of a carrier bag charging scheme is so crucial....

Environmentalists, global surf activists & pro surfers to unite in Cornwall & London for the Global Wave Conference. Surfers Against Sewage is thrilled to announce the Global Wave Conference, a major international event focused on the protection of waves, oceans,...

Surfers Against Sewage was delighted to welcome the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to the Ocean Plastics Awareness Day on Fistral Beach in July 2015.  Their Royal Highnesses saw first-hand how community action in the county of Cornwall is  bringing together...

By John Harfield I write this from a hospital bed, typing on my phone with one hand while the other is pumped full of antibiotics via an IV drip, for a third consecutive night. Last week, a decent swell hit...

In our Marine Litter Report, published 2014 we call for legislation to ban balloon and sky lantern releases.  We support the move from James Mustoe, Cornwall Councillor for Mevagissey, to submitted a motion to Cornwall Council for a vote on banning the release...

August 2015 marks the 15th anniversary of our partnership with the Boardmasters Festival and each year this relationship has strengthened and grown. However this year heralds a huge step change in this relationship and how we view and manage the impact...

Steve Double, Member of Parliament for St Austell and Newquay, has been elected as the new chair of the Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG). The Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group  brings together MPs representing the UK’s...

Earlier this week, Surfers Against Sewage campaigners were joined by thousands of people who lined up outside the Houses of Parliament on Wednesday to speak to their MP about climate change. Around 9,000 constituents took part in person, lobbying around...

Today is World Oceans Day and SAS is teaming up with leading health experts in Cornwall to launch an innovative study that will shed light on how surfers exposed to human sewage and diffuse pollution in seawater might be affected by antibiotic resistant...