Residents in the council's four most polluted towns - Alexandra, Clyde, Cromwell, and Arrowtown received the first copy of Airzone this week, as the council tries to educate the public on how to combat smog caused by home fires.
The newsletter accompanies the council's "Clean Heat Clean Air'' initiative, which was formally launched in March and provides some homeowners in polluted areas with subsidised insulation, heat pumps, and clean fuel burners.
ORC policy and resource planning committee chairman Michael Deaker said about half of the 840 submissions received on the council's proposed changes last year requested more information about clean heating options.
The monthly newsletter will be distributed with two Central Otago newspapers until August.
