A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a new head of the Wood Recyclers Association, plastic recycling at Fusion Festival and recycling rewards for a children's heart charity.

The British public are frustrated at the lack of consistency and transparency surrounding recycling in the UK, and almost a quarter don’t trust councils to recycle their collections properly, a new national survey has found.

Assets from PlasRecycle’s plastic film reprocessing plant will be auctioned off after administrators failed to secure a buyer despite ‘strong interest’.

A new report from the Welsh Government has found that enhancing recycling in Wales could potentially save 86,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

The Recycling Association has launched a campaign to improve the quality of recycled materials after warning that more major consumers of recycled material will look elsewhere for their supplies if UK collectors and processors do not address the issue of quality in their exported product.

The resources industry has welcomed the publication of a plan to introduce more consistent recycling across England in an attempt to increase participation and decrease contamination of kerbside recycling services.

Every home in England could be able to recycle the same materials from 2025 as the government and waste industry seek to address confusion, contamination and stagnating recycling rates.

Wakefield Council is imploring residents to use their recycling better after revealing that three to five dead pets – including puppies, kittens and bearded dragons, are included every week.

Knowing what happens to recycling once it’s been collected is a growing motivation in English residents’ participation in council recycling services, especially for those under the age of 35, according to research commissioned by the Resource Association.

A round-up of news from the waste and resources sector, including a successful food waste campaign in Surrey, a takeover for Helistrat and more.