Pellet fires are the cleanest, greenest home heating system available according to Consumer Magazine (www.consumer.org.nz).

Woodburners spewing ultra-fine soot particles into the still night air are a major cause of winter atmospheric pollution in New Zealand… Because of New Zealand’s topography, there are many valleys and basins where the pollution can get trapped. These soot particles are so fine that they can lodge in people’s lungs and contribute to a number of respiratory diseases.
The real problem with woodburners/log fires is that even though they can acheive pretty low emissions in laboratory conditions, ie perfectly dried wood, built in a perfect pyramid formation etc etc, in reality, people are a little less clinical about what they burn in their fires. Simply throwing in all that junk mail you get through your mailbox can cause a log burner to start belching out clouds of black smoke that can be harmful to your health.

Wood pellet fires on the other hand burn only wood pellet fuel, so their real life performance is exactly the same as their laboratory performance. So, put that junk mail in the recycling bin, or lay it in garden to stop the weeds coming up, and choose a wood pellet fire – the “cleanest and greenest home-heating system available” as rated by Consumer (Consumer Magazine, 1 March 2011).