The measure is part of Royal Mail's Steps to Zero environmental strategy, which is gunning for net zero by 2040. It began using hydronated vegetable oil in June 2023.
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The biofuel cuts carbon emissions by 90 percent compared to diesel, and Royal Mail is complementing the move by switching out fossil fuel vans for electric vehicles.