News and blogs

2014 has been an amazing year for Surfers Against Sewage with unprecedented levels of engagement for our environmental initiatives and campaigns. From marine litter to climate change, sewer overflow pollution to coastal development, the charity now covers more issues than ever before...

Last summer, Surfers Against Sewage caught up with novelist & environmental campaigner Tim Winton. The interview was first published in SAS's membership magazine Pipeline. SAS: What are the environmental issues affecting our oceans that most concern you? Tim Winton: Well,...

We’ve just drawn the winning tickets in what has been the biggest ever Surfers Against Sewage Raffle, raising almost £27,000 to fund our ongoing environmental initiatives protecting oceans, waves, and beaches. A huge THANK YOU to everyone that bought tickets!...

25 Cornish coastal  communities receive our new Seas For Life environmental information displays We're proud to announce the installation of 25 new Seas for Life community information displays at some of the most beautiful and iconic harbours in Cornwall and the...

Surfers Against Sewage Launches Big Wave Sustainable Surfboard Project in Cornwall We joined forces with 11 x European longboard champion Ben Skinner and Otter Surfboards to develop a sustainable big-wave surfboard ready to tackle the UK’s biggest waves as part of the...

Surfers Against Sewage has launched a crucial new environmental report calling for a 50% reduction in UK beach litter by 2020. The Marine Litter Report, launched in October 2014 at SAS’s inaugural Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group, highlights the scale...

To celebrate World Toilet Day, we are creating 25 new Think Before You Flush communities across the UK to tackle the problems sanitary products cause in our sewer network. We are also challenging the manufactures of sanitary products to remove plastics...

We are renewing an appeal for people to take part in research that will shed light on the health effects of marine pollution. A team of scientists and researchers want to compare the health of people who venture into the waves with...

Surfers Against Sewage warned the public of almost 1,500 separate pollution incidents at UK beaches during the 2014 bathing season in England and Wales. This equated to 212,772 real-time pollution warnings being issued to protect Safer Seas Service subscribers from 786...