In an attempt to reduce particulate pollution, the government plans to ban the sale of "wet" (i.e. green) firewood and coal.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-51581817
Mrs Don and I have a multi-fuel stove and burn a combination of "scrumped" firewood and smokeless fuel.
The "scrumping" process of dragging pieces of tree home from farmers' fields and woods (with their permission) and cutting and splitting by hand is becoming less fun every year so I was thinking of buying a couple of cubic metres of unseasoned wood from someone local. I suspect that there'll continue to be an illicit trade in such wood - maybe for landscaping or some other purpose.
The smokeless fuel we burn is likely to be unaffected by the ban but is almost twice the price of house coal. Because we're comfortably off and use the stove a couple of times a week, this isn't an issue. Mrs Jones down the hill keeps a coal fire in about 7 months a year and would be hit very hard in the pocket. She's a pensioner and will face some difficult decisions. :(
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Owners of wood burners, stoves and open fires will no longer be able to buy coal or wet wood to burn in them, under a ban to be rolled out from next year. Sales of the two most polluting fuels will be phased out in England to help cut air pollution, the government says. |
Mrs Don and I have a multi-fuel stove and burn a combination of "scrumped" firewood and smokeless fuel.
The "scrumping" process of dragging pieces of tree home from farmers' fields and woods (with their permission) and cutting and splitting by hand is becoming less fun every year so I was thinking of buying a couple of cubic metres of unseasoned wood from someone local. I suspect that there'll continue to be an illicit trade in such wood - maybe for landscaping or some other purpose.
The smokeless fuel we burn is likely to be unaffected by the ban but is almost twice the price of house coal. Because we're comfortably off and use the stove a couple of times a week, this isn't an issue. Mrs Jones down the hill keeps a coal fire in about 7 months a year and would be hit very hard in the pocket. She's a pensioner and will face some difficult decisions. :(
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