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The money will go toward such goals as reducing demand for new aggregates, reducing the impact of lorries and assessing marine extraction to reduce the need for quarrying in National Parks and elsewhere.
The funding follows a successful pilot in Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Somerset and has now opened to 14 more counties with the highest amounts of aggregate extraction.
“This funding will provide a wide range of benefits, from increasing the amount of construction and demolition waste that is recycled to improving our knowledge of the marine environment and restoring derelict quarries,” said Environment Minister Elliot Morley.
The ALSF has four objectives:
Mr Morley added that the increased funding would benefit those communities with highest levels of extraction.
David Hopkins
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