EEB: ‘Filters Could Cut 70% of Wood Stove Pollution’

EEB: ‘Filters could cut 70% of wood stove pollution’

A new study commissioned by the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) reveals that making particle filters mandatory in Europe’s dirtiest home heating method – wood burning – would deliver significant public health benefits at a fraction of household incomes. High fossil fuel prices have pushed many low-income and rural households back to wood as their primary heating source. Sales of wood-burning heating systems, therefore, have been booming acro…

Wood stoves without filters? EU study warns of high health costs

As the European Commission prepares to revise Ecodesign rules for solid fuel heating, a new study reveals that making particle filters mandatory in Europe’s dirtiest home heating method, wood burning, would deliver major public health benefits at a fraction of household incomes. Sales of wood-burning heating systems are booming across both the EU and the UK. Analysts […] The post Wood stoves without filters? EU study warns of high health costs a…