Imported charcoal, a top driver of global deforestation, remains unregulated in Britain.
My name is Jim Bettle and I am the NCFed National Charcoal Representative, I set up The Dorset Charcoal Company back in 1997 and am proud...
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Charcoal's Carbon Footprint
UK produced charcoal has a massively lower carbon footprint than that of imported charcoal and is beneficial to our woodlands and wildlife.
The Dorset Charcoal Company's Wood Sources
All our wood is grown locally in Dorset. Practising sustainable forestry means managing our forests in a way that meets our needs at...
Why Promote Dorset Charcoal & Firewood?
Using wood as a fuel has a number of benefits. Firstly, contrary to what many people think burning wood and charcoal can be...
Our Kiln Technology is Mobile!
We are Mobile! This is important particularly to Dorset, which although with 12% woodland coverage it is characterised by a lot of small...
Charcoal & The Environment.
Trees use the Sun’s energy to take CO2 from the air and turn it into wood. We then convert the wood into fuel as logs and charcoal. When...
Woodlanders Ep8: Woodland Charcoal.
In 2017 we had Costa Boutsikaris, over from The States, filming our charcoal burning process for the Woodlanders series of films... "The...
The Charcoal Burning Process.
A Visual Guided Tour. We are always being asked about the charcoal burning process. So, below is a brief visual guided tour... Or for...
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