To mark the 10th anniversary of World Toilet Day, clean water campaigners Surfers Against Sewage are releasing the results of an undercover ‘Think Before You Flush’ investigation that has seen SAS ‘Secret Shoppers’ scour the high street stores for sanitary items whose packaging does not carry appropriate disposal information – such as the ‘Bag It And Bin It, Don’t Flush It’ icon.
The 2011 bathing season results are released today and the figures are raising concerns at Surfers Against Sewage (SAS). Many beaches in England and Wales may be meeting woefully inadequate water quality standards set down 35 years ago, but this still leaves bathers exposed to significant numbers of sewage spills and possible serious health implications.
SAS are today stoked to announce a resounding Protect Our Waves victory to safeguard the surfing waves of Challaborough, Devon.
This November, Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is calling for community beach clean volunteers to help protect some of north Devon’s finest beaches and surf spots from the growing issue of marine litter. The North Devon Beach Clean Series will take place from 12th – 27th November at 5 very special beaches across the region. SAS is organising the North Devon Beach Clean Series with the support of The Crown Estate.
The protection of waves has been a growing concern for Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) and other NGOs around the globe for a number of years. In early 2011, SAS proposed the first International Symposium on Protection of Waves to SAS’s sister organisations around the World including the Save the Waves Coalition, World Surfing Reserves, the Surfrider Foundation Europe and the Surfrider Foundation.
Surfing communities all over UK mobilised for Surfers Against Sewage’s biggest ever Barefoot Wine Beach Rescue Tour.
Surfers Against Sewage’s (SAS) recently learnt that Challaborough, one of the south coast’s premier waves is under threat from an ill-conceived near shore development and as part of our Protect Our Waves (POW) campaign. SAS urgently need the help of surfers, waveriders and beach lovers to protect this quality wave!
Hugo Tagholm
As a surfer and environmentalist I've been involved with SAS since the early 1990s, first as a member, then as a campaign activist and member of the Board of Directors. I became full-time director at the end of 2008 - a dream job, protecting the UK's waves, beaches & oceans for everyone.
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