Resource conservation and minerals

Resource conservation is a priority area for the minerals industry – not least in the drive to minimise the use of water and energy.  Water is often recycled through production plants and returned after settling and filtration. Particular effort is made to find uses for all quarry materials and to maximise resource efficiency.

Britain also leads Europe in the race to recycle, with recycled and secondary aggregates now accounting for around a quarter of the market. With some 65 million tonnes of such material in annual use, some 25 per cent of demand is now met from such sources.

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