UK s largest used books business targets carbon neutrality by 2022
World of Books Group, the UK s largest retailer for used books, has committed to becoming a carbon-neutral business by 2022.
Pictured: World of Books warehouse operations
The business had already pledged to reach net-zero by 2030 and has stated that the new pledge is “a huge step on that journey”.
World of Cooks Group met its 2020 pledge to reduce the carbon footprint of each book sold by 30% last year and claims the achievement was the result of years of hard work adapting operations. Focuses to date have included energy-efficient buildings and more efficient deliveries, in which books are better grouped. On the former, it has invested in LED lighting and automated meeting room technologies as well as lower-carbon boilers. On the latter, World of Books estimates that it has mitigated more than 866,600 miles of vehicle travel since 2017.
A lost World War Two letter written to a High Wycombe schoolgirl that was discovered inside a book has finally reached its destination after 76 years. On an Italian winter’s day in February 1944, a Lance Corporal named John’ took to pen and paper to thank a schoolgirl in High Wycombe for her small yet valuable contribution to the war effort – knitting mittens for anonymous troops. The letter was addressed to Miss Pat , who went to Hatters Lane Senior School at the time. Decades later, the note was found tucked inside a book that was being prepared for resale by the World of Books Group - who then launched a nationwide search to return it to its rightful owner.