Together with citizens in 338 cities and municipalities, Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) has submitted applications for a filter obligation for new wood-burning stoves and an obligation to retrofit old wood-burning stoves. Particularly in cities such as Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Bonn and Freiburg, DUH criticizes the excessive fine dust pollution caused by wood firing. Currently, more and more people are switching to them due to the war in Ukraine.
"Local authorities must not rest on their laissez-faire EU limits," says Hannah von Blumröder, air pollution control officer at DUH, "they are harming people's health against their better judgment. Instruments such as information campaigns, regional funding programs or pilot projects for retrofitting filters can already be implemented now and make an important contribution to clean air".
The DUH cites the city of Aschaffenburg as a positive example. If someone wants to apply for a municipal building plot there, it is clear from the outset that the operation of single-room combustion systems such as fireplaces is prohibited. In an action paper, the DUH makes suggestions to local authorities on how they can reduce their local particulate emissions. The measures paper can be downloaded free of charge at duh.de.
Source: duh.de
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