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Hi, it's us again (or rather, it's Lauren - I'm the content writer at white horse energy). Bit of an update. Here is a short article about 'Ready to Burn' and the wet firewood ban, published in a magazine as a freelance piece of writing. All the information should be relevant and up to date, but this particular version of the article was confirmed for publication a while ago so it may lack a few points (let me know if you feel I've missed something out). See page 70 of this publication - a boating magazine of all places, but still relevant! A more in depth version about this will also appear on our website eventually. Apologies about the blurriness! There's so much information to take in on the HETAS website so I hope this condenses it a fair bit. ~ Lauren. Link: (& image of article below) Cookies check EDITION.PAGESUITE-PROFESSIONAL.CO.UK M Towpath Talk - 24/06/2021

I was on the phone to Robert from Woodsure this morning and he indeed confirmed that you don't need the label on every single bag. As long as the logo is presented on an invoice, or on a poster next to a pallet older, or on a crate, then that's acceptable. So far I haven't really seen this piece of information specified on their website so I was also unsure until today.

I'm not sure what calibration refers to either! As for <20%, firewood must be kiln dried or seasoned until it reaches moisture levels of 20%, so this is presuming the firewood has already been dried. That's the maximum moisture content but I imagine kiln drying the firewood will help it reach much smaller moisture content levels. Thank you for pointing the information out on our webpage by the way - don't worry, my other job is to make sure all the website content is updated and that is happening soon! That post was created over a year ago so it is definitely dated information. That's also why I'm writing this article for white horse energy as it will contain all the updated information. I'm a newly hired team member there so I'm looking forward to getting stuck in! Will let you know once it's up

Most firewood companies already followed the ready to burn scheme anyway, the only difference now is that all firewood providers must comply, otherwise it could negatively affect their business. Smaller suppliers do have until next year to join the scheme though. I'm going to publish an article in response to the concerns in this forum and to sum up the details, because the information available online is very heavy going and to be honest, it took me a long while to understand it fully. When it's published, I'm hoping it would be okay to share it on this forum. I'm on the marketing team at a firewood company so I spend a lot of time doing research around the topic, and I want to help people stay informed in any way I can!

Yep, still burning! Up until recently the air was so chilly so it's definitely been needed. Luckily the weather is reflecting the time of year now, so I'm just burning firewood in the firepit! When you're living in the UK, you can never predict the weather though 😂