Households with wood pellet boilers in the United Kingdom are desperately stocking up on cat litter as an alternative to heat their homes this winter, pet shop bosses have said. It comes after Russia’s war in Ukraine triggered a global shortage of wood pellets, a conflict that has also sent energy bills soaring. Households are scrambling to keep their homes warm as the depths of winter approach, with many families looking for alternative ways to heat their homes as gas prices remain high.

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Wood-burning stoves are one alternative that homes can opt for, although it costs around £600 to have enough firewood to run a log burner stove on evenings and weekends over winter, according to Certainly Wood, the UK’s main supplier of firewood.

Earlier this winter, the supplier said it expected sales to jump by up to a fifth this winter. A similar alternative to gas or oil-fired boilers are wood pellet boilers and wood pellet stoves.

But amid a shortage of the material needed to provide the heat generated through this system, households are refusing to be left in the cold.Jollyes, one of the biggest pet food stores in Britain, said its cat litter suppliers were “working overtime to fulfill demand” for wood pellets, after sales skyrocketed earlier this winter.

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