Environmental Information
With the recent gas and electric price rises, firewood is an economical way to heat your home or business and represents a major source of renewable energy.

All firewood produced by South West Firewood originates from renewable and sustainable sources as part of local forestry management programmes which provide benefits to wildlife and the environment.

Our timber is sourced from established hardwood merchants based in Scotland and the North of England and is not transported over long distances.

Wood is said to be carbon neutral. When wood is burned in the presence of oxygen it produces carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is one of the main greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, however the amount of carbon dioxide released is no greater than the amount absorbed by the tree when it is growing.

Even allowing for emissions of C02 in planting, harvesting, processing and transporting the fuel, replacing fossil fuel energy with wood will significantly reduce net CO2 emissions.