| BioRegional Charcoal
Company and Butterfly Conservation are working together to boost
butterfly numbers by selling Local BBQ Charcoal, available in B&Q
stores nationwide. Our woodlands are managed to create habitat for
threatened butterfly and bird species. Local charcoal also helps
stop illegal logging in tropical forests, provides jobs in British
Forestry and helps to reduce global warming, even as you toast your
burgers. And Alan Titchmarsh is one of our best customers, he commented…
“I am thrilled to support
the BioRegional Charcoal Company and Butterfly Conservation in their
work to help boost the numbers of butterflies and other threatened
animal species in the UK, by restoring woodlands to management.
Butterflies are a fabulous part of the British countryside, and
I would hope they’ll still be here for 100’s of years
to come. The scheme’s benefits do not stop there; it also
supports rural jobs, helps to reduce our contribution to global
warming and the destruction of rainforest and mangrove swamps to
make charcoal for us. I will certainly be buying local charcoal
for my BBQ this summer, and I urge others to do the same.”
Hunting for charcoal in other
outlets you may well be restricted to charcoal which has destroyed
a tropical mangrove swamp in its production, and contributed to
global disruption as it was shipped half way around the world. Enough
to leave a nasty taste in your mouth. BRCC’s charcoal is independently
certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as coming from
well managed forests.
BRCC’s Local Charcoal is
produced by a 30-strong network of rural woodland workers across
the UK. BRCC co-ordinates the local deliveries to stores across
the country, therefore cutting the charcoal-miles
associated with your barbecue. This is a unique arrangement which
means a national store can have a local product on its shelves without
having to deal with 30 different suppliers.
BioRegional charcoal is a better
buy even without the green credentials it lights quicker and burns
hotter avoiding the usual scene of waiting two hours before the
BBQ is ready. With the help of BioRegional it is time to have a
barbecue with a clean, green conscience.
Notes
The Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) is the highest international environmental standard for forestry,
guaranteeing sustainably managed woodlands and is supported by the
World Wide Fund for Nature.
BioRegional Local Charcoal is
available in B&Q stores nationwide as “B&Q Locally
Produced Lumpwood Charcoal” and will be stocked from mid-March
to mid-August: £4.00 for a 3kg bag
BioRegional Local Charcoal is
made from wood harvested by re-introducing traditional woodland
management in the UK, known as coppicing. As a result of coppice
management, woodland flowers flourish and act as food plants for
threatened species such as pearl-bordered fritillary butterflies,
at the same time creating new habitat for woodland birds like the
Nightingale. Coppiced woodlands have been reduced as a habitat by
95% since 1900.
BioRegional producers supply locally
therefore reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of transport by
up to 85% compared to imported charcoal. This helps halt global
climate disruption. Necessary transport is also covered by a ‘Climate
care warranty’ whereby BioRegional pays a small premium on
fuel used which is then invested by the climate Care scheme into
renewable energy, forest restoration and energy efficiency.
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