MANNING Valley residents 'did it right and burned it bright'.
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Community members and Greater Taree City Council participated in this year's 'Do it Right, Burn it Bright' campaign in a collective effort to reduce wood smoke pollution in the area.
The campaign objective was to draw the community's attention to environmental and health issues associated with atmospheric wood smoke, a phenomena that occurs throughout the winter months when people start using their wood heaters at home.
The wood smoke reduction campaign was done in collaboration with the Mid North Coast Regional Organisation of Councils.
The campaign featured a character-naming and colouring-in competition to help engage people with the cartoon character developed to help spread the wood smoke message.
The character-naming competition was run via social media with the name of 'Billy Burnright' declared the winner, created by Angela Lewis.
The colouring-in competition was won by Hayley Harris, Kiah Hughes and Cassidy Donovan.
Greater Taree City Council mayor Paul Hogan said the campaign was effective in highlighting the fact that wood smoke posed a risk to the environment and human health, and provided easy solutions to help individuals reduce their heater's wood smoke output.
"By educating people on how to burn wood more effectively using a wood heater, the campaign has helped to reduce wood smoke pollution using the 'Do it Right, Burn it Bright' message," he said.
"The wood smoke reduction campaign is a great example of councils working together and achieving positive outcomes."
For more information about wood smoke pollution visit www.midroc.nsw.gov.au/wood-smoke-pollution.html