The Prince George Air Improvement Roundtable has received $11,000 from the provincial government to encourage local residents to trade in older, higher-polluting wood stoves for new emissions-certified stoves.
The money is for the wood stove exchange program, which provides a $250 rebate when a new wood-burning, pellet or natural gas stove is purchased and an older model retired.
These new emissions-certified wood stoves burn one-third less wood and reduce smoke and particulates entering the atmosphere by 70 per cent or more.
"Since wood smoke contributes to air pollution, the wood stove exchange Program helps our environment by replacing old stoves with newer, more efficient models," Prince George-Mackenzie MLA Mike Morris said.
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