Environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage launches Big Spring Beach Clean with a call for ‘avoidable plastic’ evidence
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- Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) is calling on volunteers to take direct action to tackle plastic pollution on all beaches and rivers nationwide.
- 20,000 volunteers will remove over 100,000 sacks of plastic pollution from beaches and waterways this April. Find your nearest event at www.sas.org.uk.
- Volunteers will be asked to ‘record and share’ the vast number of ‘avoidable’ throwaway plastic items they find on social media in a mass ‘citizen science’ evidence gathering effort.
- Surfers Against Sewage will submit ‘avoidable’ and ‘single-use’ plastic pollution evidence to Treasury consultation on plastics & taxes.
- SAS urge people to take on the vital role of Big Spring Beach Clean Leaders and register their favourite beach at beachcleans@sas.org.uk.
LONDON, Tuesday 13 February: Environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) have launched their annual Big Spring Beach Clean campaign, urging the public to take action to tackle plastic pollution from source to sea. Already the single biggest community beach clean activation in the UK, the Big Spring Beach Clean engages 20,000 participants annually who, this year, will also be called upon to document and report ‘avoidable plastics’ that they find around the coastline in a mass ‘citizen science’ action.
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