What we should be saying is, what is it that can help make your Morsø wood-burning stove even more the right environmental choice?
Recycled Iron
99 percent of the cast iron in a Morsø wood-burning stove comes from scrap which has been re-smelted. This is particularly good for the environment. It’s quite fascinating to think that your new stove might have once been a bicycle. Or a lamp post. Or a …
Sustainable energy
It’s no secret that too much energy is used in manufacturing. Far too much, even. We therefore make sure that at least 80 percent of our energy consumption comes from sustainable energy sources, mainly wind energy. You won’t find such a high percentage in many other companies (May 2009).
Recycled Paper
When you receive your Morsø wood-burning stove from the dealer, it will be packed in recycled paper. We also use minimum print colours in the packaging – and the small amount we do use is solely water-based.
Waste Sorting
There’s nothing that’s so useless it can’t be used for something. We take this quite literally at Morsø Jernstøberi, where the vast majority of our waster is sorted and reused for the benefit of the environment. This applies, in particular, to surplus or scrapped stoves or cast iron plates, which are sent off for re-smelting. You can see that we take this seriously by, e.g., the fact that our sorting centre is certified to the international standard for environmental management, ISO 14001.
What we should be saying is, what is it that can help make your Morsø wood-burning stove even more the right environmental choice?
Choose a stove which complies with the strictest requirements on
particle emissions.
Make sure your chimney is the correct size in relation to the stove.
A good draw is essential for optimum combustion.
Never burn waste, cardboard packaging, printed matter or wood
that has been painted or in some other way treated.
Make sure the wood is clean and dry. Moisture content of max
16-20% gives the best and cleanest combustion
(and also less soot on the glass).
Never overfill the stove and avoid using oversized pieces of fuel.
Air is important for good combustion and good economy.
Before the wood carbonises, enough air needs to be added that
flames are produced (always read the manual – it’s important).
Don’t leave the stove burning overnight. Leaving your stove
burning overnight is bad for your wallet and the environment.