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-- Provides a market for poor-quality wood, although there's much more of a market now for firewood, due to the recent increase in the use of [wood stoves](/wstov/wood_stoves)+- Provides a market for poor-quality wood, although there's much more of a market now for firewood, due to the recent increase in the use of [wood stoves](/wdst/wood_stoves)
  
 - Buying locally-produced charcoal reduces the transport involved with imported charcoal, provides local employment and supports the local economy - Buying locally-produced charcoal reduces the transport involved with imported charcoal, provides local employment and supports the local economy
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 If you want a more sustainable product, look for lump charcoal, which is made from wood only. Briquettes can contain anything from limestone and borax to sodium nitrate and lighter fluid. If you want a more sustainable product, look for lump charcoal, which is made from wood only. Briquettes can contain anything from limestone and borax to sodium nitrate and lighter fluid.
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 ## Further resources ## Further resources
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 +- [Basics of a burn](https://www.lowimpact.org/categories/land/charcoal-making/further-info/charcoal-burning-the-basics-of-a-burn/)
 +- [Coppice Products](https://www.coppice-products.co.uk/product-type/charcoal-bio-char/) - listing of local UK charcoal producers
 +- [How to make charcoal at home](https://prepperswill.com/how-to-make-charcoal-at-home/)
 +- [Charcoal production using a transportable metal kiln](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/Charcoal_Production_Using_A_Transportable_Metal_Kiln_1980.pdf)
 +- [Art, science & technology of charcoal production](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/Charcoal_Review-iecr03.pdf)
 +- [The story of charcoal](https://www.lowimpact.org/wp-content/uploads/Charcoal-Making.pdf)
 +- [Charcoal burning in Anglo-Saxon England](https://www.regia.org/research/life/charcoal.htm)
  
  
-## Specialist(s)+## Specialist curators of this topic
  
  
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