What you can do about wood smoke pollution
Wood smoke resources for local government
How councils can reduce wood smoke pollution through community education, enforcement options, and best-practice wood heater management.
Council resource kit
Local councils receive hundreds of complaints about neighbourhood wood smoke every winter. Their campaigns educate residents about correct wood heater use.
Smoke abatement notices
Grants for Wood Heater Regulation Implementation
Up to $15,000 is being made available to individual NSW councils under the implementation project for the Clean Air Regulation Amendment 2015.
Part 2 of the Protection of the Environment Operations (Clean Air) Regulation 2021
Upper Hunter Wood Smoke Community Research project
Open burning - reducing air pollution from fires
About No Burn Notices
The EPA protects human health and the environment by issuing a No Burn Notice when there are indications that smoke from planned fires is likely to contribute to the build-up of air pollution.
Sugar cane burning
Cane farmers have a legal right to burn cane but must notify their immediate neighbours and avoid burning during unacceptable times and weather conditions.