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RECLAMATION SUCCESSTarmac Quarry Products |
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Visitors to Trowbarrow Nature Reserve in Lancashire, UK, might well be
surprised to learn that this was once a productive limestone quarry. Now
officially classed as an Area of Outstanding Beauty, the site has been
awarded a European Restoration Award in the Crushed Rock category from the
European Aggregates Association.
In 1992, Tarmac Quarry Products revoked its plans to extract minerals from the well-established Trowbarrow Quarry, and restoration work began. This award has been given in recognition of the nature conservation and species diversity program that has been implemented at the site over the last eight years. In 1996, Tarmac presented the reserve as a gift to the Lancashire City Council. |
 Trowbarrow Nature Reserve in Lancashire, UK |
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