Lafarge Staffordshire Quarry Wins National AwardLafarge Cement, in partnership with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, has won a coveted national Restoration Award from industry body, the Mineral Products Association (MPA), for its work at a former shale quarry at Cauldon Works in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Objective To recognise the success of the quarry rehabilitation and to demonstrate community involvement, biodiversity and water saving achievements.
Context These awards celebrate the remarkable steps operators continue to take to ‘go the extra mile' to restore quarried land in ways that benefit people and the environment. They reward some of the best examples of sustainable practice. The Cauldon Works award commended a ‘high quality project with demonstrable enthusiasm from the plant team and local community'.
Solution Lafarge Cement's Restoration Award is based on a 17-hectare former shale quarry, which was worked for raw materials for the plant for more than 40 years from the 1950s. The site, which has been restored into a haven for biodiversity, and a source for recycled water, has four zones:
Results Lafarge Cement has gone over and above the requirements of its planning consent and successfully established an area rich in biodiversity. Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, with whom Lafarge Cement has worked in partnership with for many years, is delighted that part of the Award area will help contribute toward the achievement of Staffordshire Biodiversity Action Plan targets.
In partnership with Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, the site now benefits from a rich diversity of habitats for wildlife, including herons, little grebes and kingfishers.
The overall winner - receiving the first prize of the Cooper-Heyman Cup - was sister company Lafarge Aggregates for its establishment of the National Memorial Arboretum (also in Staffordshire) on a former sand and gravel quarry site.
Location Lafarge Cement UK, Cauldon Works, Staffordshire.
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