Wood-burning stoves cancel out fall in particulate pollution from UK roads, data shows

Pollution from heating homes using solid fuel such as wood increased by 19% from 2012 to 2022, data shows

A rise in harmful emissions from wood-burning stoves has cancelled out decreases in particulate pollution from road and energy sources in the UK, government data reveals.

Emissions of PM2.5 and PM10 from domestic combustion - heating homes using solid fuel such as wood - increased by 19% between 2012 and 2022, counteracting efforts made to travel and produce commercial energy in less polluting ways.