Let's spark conversation about wood burning

Wood burning smoke contains fine particle air pollution (PM2.5) which enters your bloodstream when inhaled and causes heart and lung diseases, diabetes and dementia. 

Did you know, wood burning:

• Harms your wallet: wood burning is almost always more expensive than other forms of heating
• Harms your health: lighting fires in our homes is the largest source of harmful small particulate matter air pollution in the UK
• Harms the planet: wood burning creates more harmful CO₂ emissions compared to other forms of heating and we cannot produce trees fast enough to offset the CO₂ emitting by burning wood

Burning wood is the most polluting way to heat your home and the majority of wood burning in the UK is unnecessary - almost half of all burners do so for the 'aesthetic' or 'nostalgic' reasons and only 8% of people burn as their only heat source. Even homes with 'eco' wood burners are 3x more polluted than those without. 

Find out more at https://cleanairnight.org.uk and visit our ‘indoor fires and wood burning’ web page here.