It's In The Bag: New Hearth Product Provides Cleaner-Burning Wood Fire

WATSONVILLE, CA --- For many families, a fire in the fireplace is a cherished part of winter and holiday traditions. Understanding thisbasic desire for a warm,cozy hearth yet needing to support air pollution reduction efforts, Summit Views LLC of Watsonville CA, has developed easy-light, cleaner-burning Goodwood® All-Wood Firelogs, an alternative fireplace fuel that provides the ambience and heat of a real wood fire.

Goodwood Firelogs are densified all-wood firelogs made from clean millwaste and surplus woody biomass diverted from landfills. This biomass material is compressed - "densified" - into all-wood firelogs, bound only by the natural lignin in wood, without the use of waxes and additives typical of most firelogs. Densified fuels, such as wood pellets and wood firelogs, are preferred by air quality and environmental agencies as they burn with 25-50% fewer particulates than firewood and are carbon-neutral renewable, sustainable resource products. The firelogs arepackaged in the company's patented, all-natural package - an easy-lighting jute fiber (burlap) bag containing starter wood chips and densified wood chunks. Goodwood Firelog Bags are as convenient to use as popular wax-based firelogs, but do not contain petroleum by-products or other chemicals. The result is an all-natural fire that burns for 2-3 hours with 50% less smoke than firewood, a pleasant natural wood scent and no oily fumes.

Using cleaner-burning Goodwood Firelogs instead of firewood helps reduce outdoor as well as indoor pollution. According to Summit Views founder, Jennifer Young, "That's a real benefit for our family, in particular, my daughter who battles asthma and cannot tolerate the smoke from regular firewood."

With winter just around the corner, we are likely to hear a great deal more about the pollution problems associated with residential wood-burning. In some regions, air quality agencies will even ban burning on days that are expected to exceed EPA guidelines for particulate matter (soot) and other pollutants. Cleaner-burning densified fuels such as Goodwood All-Wood firelogs allow people to enjoy their fireplaces with less of the woodsmoke emissions associated with firewood or the greenhouse gas emissions associated with petroleum-based products.

Summit Views LLC is a privately held company focused on renewable resource solutions and has been in business since April 2001. The company began manufacturing densified wood firelogs in January 2005, and markets directly to resorts, recreation, retail and residential customers. Goodwood® Products can also be ordered online through the online store of their website, www.goodwoodproducts.com.

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Contact: Jennifer Young
Summit Views LLC, makers of Goodwood Products
880 W Beach St #101
Watsonville, CA 95076
Phone/Fax: 877-872-8341
Email: jyoung@goodwoodproducts.com