The overview report draws on the information in the twelve reports which have been produced as part of the thematic review of Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF) research projects for land-won minerals. It puts them into the context of the quarry life-cycle, specifically in relation to the various elements of environmental footprint and the stages in the supply chain for land-won aggregates. In particular, the report helps to emphasise some of the major findings of the ALSF research and describes some of the complex inter-relationships between environmental footprints at different stages of a quarry’s life.
 
The overview report builds on the concept of environmental footprint and, drawing on the twelve themes, shows how the design and management of the quarry has a key role to play in determining the overall balance of negative and positive environmental effects.

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An overview of design and management approaches to reducing the environmental footprint of the supply chain for land-won aggregates.			PDF	5.1MB
Ruth Allington, GWP Consultants and Toby White, University of Leeds.