Smoke Control Areas
Dundee City Council is made up of a series of Smoke Control Areas. Set up in the sixties to combat smoke pollution, the contribution they have made is quite significant, as can be seen from the adjacent photographs.
Click on the photo to the right to view the difference in air quality in Dundee from the late fifties to 2005.
Within Smoke Control Areas, it is only permissible to burn what is termed Authorised Fuel, in other words smokeless fuel.
Further information:
This information is provided by the Environment Department
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