2010 saw SAS turn 20 and it was one of their best years ever! SAS campaigner Alice Middleton reports.

A new environmental film by surfer Chris Malloy and Woodshed Films called 180 South will be shown in Wales at this weekend as a fundraiser for SAS.

Surfers Against Sewage went to London last week to collect the Coast award for the Best Marine Project which highlighted the success we’ve had with Operation Clean Sweep. SAS have been campaigning for years to try and reduce the number of those little plastic pellets known as mermaids tears from washing into the sea from the factories, so the award from Coast was very welcome. read on to find out more.

¬†Monday 1st March (St Davids Day) officially marked¬†the first day of spring.¬†I’m really enjoying the¬†post work¬†surfs¬†and occasional morning runs¬†now the days are lighter. ¬†
 
Last weekend hundeds of people got together on beaches all over the UK for the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) annual spring beach clean. The west Wales beach clean took place at Newgale [...]

Julie Rhodes and Tamsin Ridd sent us a few of the photos they took over summer 2009 of the devastating amount of rubbish left on Great Western beach (Newquay) each day. Each photo is just one morning’s rubbish – shocking.

Three of Britain’s best stand up paddleboarders, including Claire Blacklock, were at West Wittering windsurf club on 29th January to launch the Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) 2010 Challenge, a Guinness World Record™ breaking attempt to cross the English Channel.

SAS are on the warpath! Six water companies are today at an appeal hearing over the disgusting state of combined sewer overflows, an issue SAS brought to light with a Panorama documentary. They’ve had 20 years to sort these horrible drains out ‚ÄSAS aim to make sure that the Environment Agency lets them know this is not on.

Lundy Island, one of England’s most spectacular marine habitats, has today become England’s first Marine Conservation Zone (MCZ). Its new status establishes it as the first example of the new approach to marine protection being taken under the Marine and Coastal Access Act, which will contribute towards the creation of the network of ecologically coherent and well-managed marine protected areas by 2012.