Surfrider Foundation Europe

Surfrider Foundation Europe http://www.surfrider.eu It is essential to respect and protect this natural heritage for ourselves and future generations.

Dedicated to the protection of oceans and coastlines, Surfrider Foundation Europe lobbies, informs, and collaborates to preserve this exceptional natural heritage. Seas and oceans are threatened by strong anthropogenic pressures of artificialisation via coastal structures, urbanization, water pollution and macro-waste (plastic marine trash) which are undermining the quality of our

environment. This is the message our local chapters broadcast all over Europe. Dynamic and determined, they lead local actions to raise awareness to protect our coastlines into the future. In the field, our independent laboratories and our "Keepers of the Coast" document and make available coastline conditions. They inform our surveillance network to establish current and ongoing conditions of our beaches, as well as acting locally to protect water resources from pollution and artificialisation of the coastlines.

🚭 After years of monitoring pollution, cigarette butts remain the first item counted in our waste collections.On the occ...
31/05/2026

🚭 After years of monitoring pollution, cigarette butts remain the first item counted in our waste collections.

On the occasion of World No To***co Day, Surfrider Foundation Europe is calling for a ban across Europe on:
❌ cigarette filters
❌ ni****ne pouches
❌ disposable electronic ci******es (“puffs”)

Why?
Because these products, become waste after just a few minutes of use and generate a harmful pollution

In 2025, our citizen clean-up campaigns recorded more than 587,000 cigarette butts in the environment. And behind every cigarette butt: thousands of toxic substances, plastic, and long-lasting pollution.

➡️ link to our position paper :https://surfrider.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/SurfriderFoundationEurope_To***co-position-paper_052026.pdf

🌍 Throughout June, our volunteers will be mobilizing across Europe to collect, count, and expose this avoidable pollution.

👉 You too can take part in a clean-up campaign: https://retrace.surfrider.eu/
Illustrations: .crea
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28/05/2026

Created by for his Impact Series, this film traces his personal journey, investigating water quality at his home spot in Ericeira, Portugal, as well as the importance of clean water. 🌊 Out now! 🔗 https://t.mtrbio.com/surfrider-europe

Cigarette butts are the most littered item, polluting our environment, harming wildlife, and threatening our Ocean — yet...
27/05/2026

Cigarette butts are the most littered item, polluting our environment, harming wildlife, and threatening our Ocean — yet the problem remains overlooked. 🚬🔴
We need stronger action from governments. ✊
Every collected butt is proof. Find a collection near you, raise awareness, demand change and protect our Ocean! 🌊
Join us 👉 https://retrace.surfrider.eu/en/interactive-map/

17/05/2026

Discover BETWEEN THE TIDES with Miguel Blanco 🎬🌊
Created by Miguel Blanco for his Impact Series, this film traces his personal journey, investigating water quality at his home spot in Ericeira, Portugal, as well as the importance of healthy water. 💧 Available on Youtube on May 28th.
Join our premiere:
📍 Porto, Thursday 05/28, 6.20PM, JAM Hotels Mouco ➡️ https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=84G1H-9D_U2490ynvDLsJMpddEsaEclJqT5bhl0q_f5UMVhTTFk3TDM1SExFOVpDWEdHTFdIQlpSUi4u&route=shorturl
📍 Lisbon, date to confirm in June
📍 Ericeira, date to confirm in July

23/04/2026

Ban on single-use plastics, regulations against plastic pellet pollution, and integration of measures to prevent biomedia loss—your actions help us achieve major victories in tackling pollution at its source. ✊

A huge thank you to all our volunteers for your invaluable support, which creates a real positive impact for the Ocean! 🌊

Let’s keep going! Join a Retrace collection 👉 https://retrace.surfrider.eu/en/interactive-map/

17/04/2026

Retrace! collections aren’t just about removing waste from the environment—they’re about turning that waste into robust scientific evidence to push policymakers and industries to take action at the highest level! 📣
Thanks to the mobilization of over 190,000 citizens since 2014, we’ve secured several measures to reduce pollution at its source. 🙌
By joining a cleanup, you’re directly contributing to advocacy efforts that shape European regulations. 🌊🇪🇺
Help us achieve even more victories! Join a collection near you 👉 https://retrace.surfrider.eu/en/interactive-map/

14/04/2026

With Retrace!, Surfrider uses citizen science to empower every citizen to be an agent of change! 🕵️

Our program makes it easy to collect waste on European beaches and riverbanks using a scientific protocol. This protocol helps gather valuable data to enrich scientific knowledge and influence policymakers and industry leaders to take direct action at the source and promote stricter regulations.

Each participant, in their own way, makes a tangible contribution to protecting the environment and the ocean while helping to shape environmental laws!

Be part of the change. Join a waste collection near you ➡️ https://retrace.surfrider.eu/en/interactive-map/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=retracelaunch&utm_id=%23413

07/04/2026

Every year, hundreds of volunteers collect, sort, and quantify the waste that pollutes our aquatic environments to allow us to build a valuable database that helps us better understand and combat water pollution. 🕵️

In 2025, we collected and quantified over 1 million pieces of waste through 1,629 waste collections, thanks to the mobilization of 17,172 participants!

Field data has played a key role in Surfrider’s advocacy efforts to reduce single-use plastics at the source. In particular, it has contributed to the adoption of the European Single-Use Plastics (SUP) Directive, which aims to ban or reduce certain products that are among the most commonly found in the environment. 🙌

Help us go even further! Join a collection on April 18 and 19 and take action with us ➡️ https://retrace.surfrider.eu/en/interactive-map/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=retracelaunch&utm_id=%23413

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