This latest move is part of Greenpeace's "Book" campaign, which aimed to phase out the use of ancient fibre materials for book production, and move towards the use of recycled or certified papers (PrintWeek, 15 April).

Greenpeace UK's forest campaigner Belinda Fletcher urged the publisher to follow the lead of Allende's Spanish publisher Random House Mondadori, which printed one edition of the book on 100% recycled paper and another on 30% Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper.

HarperCollins chief executive Victoria Barnsley said the publishing house was sympathetic to Greenpeace's claims, but it was already playing its part by sourcing its material from sustainable managed sources.

The publisher is certified to environmental management system IS14001, of which Barnsley said HarperCollins was one of the few publishers to be accredited.

Bloomsbury, UK publisher of the Harry Potter books has already made positive moves having printed the paperback editions of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on part-recycled paper in July this year, a first for a UK publisher.

Story by Andy Scott