Royal Mail delivers emissions savings with renewables-powered delivery office

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Trail-blazing all-electric delivery office features electric vehicles, renewable energy, and an air source heat pump

Royal Mail announced this week it is now the proud operator of the 'UK's greenest delivery office' at a site in Leeds, West Yorkshire, which is powered entirely by renewable energy and uses only electric...

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