Burning fossil fuels such as coal, gas and oil releases their stored carbon into the air as carbon dioxide. By contrast, burning wood is largely carbon neutral, with the CO2 released during combustion being absorbed by other trees as they grow. In addition the whole process is renewable as long as more trees are planted to replace those felled.

The only increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide when burning wood comes from transport and processing, All Nicholsons logs are locally grown, processed and sold making burning our logs among the most climate-friendly forms of heating available.

The logs we sell at Nicholsons are the natural product of our tree-felling and tree surgery work.

Our core business is arboriculture, and for every tree our surgeons cut down, our Forestry Division will have planted many thousands more new trees.