Campaigners are urging the Government to implement plans to ban wood burning stoves from British households by 2027. It comes after serious health and environmental problems were linked to the appliances.
Since 2022, new wood burning stoves have had to meet emissions targets, meaning they burn cleaner and are labelled Ecodesign. The fuel which can be used in the devices is also strictly regulated, with wood only containing 20% moisture and under allowed to be burnt.
But pressure groups and scientific papers have exposed new light on just how bad the problem still is. Ecodesign models can emit a staggering 750 times more tiny particle pollution than a modern HGV truck, according to the European Environmental Bureau.
