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Rothley Bowls Club, in Leicestershire, has been able to upgrade its facilities, thanks to a £9,450 donation from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. 

Members of Buxton Park Bowling Club, Derbyshire, are enjoying new facilities, thanks to a £10,746 grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. 

Tarmac is bringing an electrically powered bond coat sprayer to roads in the UK in a world-first project to support the transition to net zero.  

Yesterday [Thursday 11 May] HS2 announced that 10 million tonnes of material have been delivered to – and removed from – construction sites by rail, a major milestone in HS2’s plan to cut carbon emissions by removing lorries from roads. 

We were pleased to welcome Martin Whitfield MSP and Daniel Johnson MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Economy, Business and Fair Work, to Dunbar Cement Plant.

In a UK first, BAM, the Environment Agency and Tarmac, a CRH company, have successfully trialled the use of two low carbon concrete mixes in permanent works at the Hexham Flood Alleviation Scheme.   

A donation of stone from Tarmac’s Mounstsorrel Quarry has helped a local wildlife group transform part of a former allotment site into a haven for nature. 

A wellbeing hub in Cheshire has opened its doors to the community, after a final grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund facilitated the finishing touches to an ambitious construction project. 

The 2nd Quorn Scout Group is growing fast after a £45,000 donation from Tarmac’s community fund successfully supported the extension of the building it shares with Quorn Girlguiding. 

Tarmac is celebrating entering its fourth year of a ten-year partnership with Clapham-based Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, which will see the education and development of 2,500 people from disadvantaged backgrounds and the completion of a staggering 7,700 hours of volunteering.