Knowing polluting impact of home fires could modify behaviour, study finds

Wood- and coal-burning homes in the UK produce more particle air pollution than the vehicles on roads. Photograph: Jeppe Gustafsson/Rex/Shutterstock

While traffic and industry have been the focus of air pollution controls for the past two decades, the old issue of pollution from home heating has crept up again.

Wood- and coal-burning homes in the UK now produce more particle air pollution than the vehicles on our roads. Industry figures show that about 200,000 new stoves were sold in 2022.