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Environment – Your Questions Answered
Longcliffe is very open about its environmental activities and encourage our customers, the local community and the general public to learn more about the positive action we are taking to protect the environment.
Below you will find a list of environment-related questions that have recently been sent to us together with our responses. Please feel free to send us any questions you might have by clicking on the link below.
Q1. Environmental protection means practical action. Is Longcliffe committed to the environment and to the concept of quarrying with the minimum of visual intrusion, both in rock extraction and processing operations?
26/03/2010Posted by: A Hinds
Longcliffe is fully committed to the protection of the environment. We have published our environmental policy on the website to enable our actions to be followed. The policy lists a number of objectives and time limited targets. The policy is reviewed regularly by the Board of Directors to ensure that the time limits are being complied with and that the policy remains fresh, focussed and relevant. Visual intrusion is one of the aspects we have to consider at all stages of our operations. It is all but impossible to hide a quarrying and processing operation from all viewpoints. However, it is possible to minimise the impact of the operations by the application of sympathetic landscaping design coupled with a long term strategy to ensure that the landscape (and its associated fauna and flora) is restored to the highest standard. It is our aim that the quarry workings be restored to a landscape now rare in the Peak District, traditional grasssland / hay meadows, along with a certain amount of woodland and scrub areas to enhance biodiversity. Please refer to the "Current Projects" section of the website for further information and updates.
Response by: N.Weedon
Date: 15/04/2010
Q2. How much carbon dioxide does Longcliffe produce for every tonne of product processed?
25/03/2010Posted by: David R Brown, Chemagility Ltd
Longcliffe is currently calculating its Carbon Footprint using the internationally recognised GHG Protocol. When complete, the results will be published on the website. This result will form a baseline for targeted annual reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption.
Response by: C.Thornley
Date: 15/04/2010
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