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Thinking about installing a wood burning stove?
3rd August 2026
Are you considering installing a stove? Watch our film, created with researcher Dr Mathy Sannasi and visual storytellers Nifty Fox Creative, before you do!
Responding to the DEFRA wood burning consultation
10th February 2026
Read our guidance on how to respond to DEFRA’s wood burning consultation - deadline 19th March. This is a critical moment to get your voice heard by the government.
Clean Air Night posters
8th January 2026
Our Clean Air Night poster campaign highlights the air pollution and health impact of burning wood to heat your home.
Wood burning flyer
5th November 2025
It is an uncomfortable truth that wood burning creates a huge amount of air pollution in the UK. Please join us in raising awareness of this difficult-to-talk-about issue by downloading our flyer…
The Big Choke: domestic burning complaints rise 65% with barely any enforcement action
22nd October 2025
Our latest research reveals that over 15,000 complaints about domestic burning were made between September 2024 & August 2025, with barely a handful of fines issued and not a single prosecution pursued.
Local authorities still failing to tackle wood burning
Our latest research, building on our previous Freedom of Information requests from 2021 and 2023, again reveals the inadequacy of the Government’s legislation in tackling air pollution from wood burning in smoke control areas.
Wood burning template letter to councils
Some councils get it, and some don’t. We applaud Lambeth Council’s strong messaging on the need to reduce wood burning and Oxford City Council’s Do You Fuel Good campaign,
Wood burning template letter to the media
How can something as toxic as the burning of wood be promoted by so many magazines and house renovation TV shows?
Wood burning: government failings
Our new research reveals the inadequacy of the Government’s legislation in tackling air pollution from wood burning. Only three fines have been handed out in Smoke Control Areas since Jan 2022, despite 10,000 complaints.
Wood burning posters
It’s wood burning season and we want to help spread the word about the air pollution impact of burning wood in open fires, stoves and firepits.
How much air pollution does wood burning create?
Are you thinking of installing a wood burning stove or re-opening your fireplace, or do you know someone who is planning to? Please take a look at our new graphic.