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Panshanger Park was at the hub of conservation and political planning when Environment Minister Rebecca Pow visited the park following the launch of the government’s new strategy to protect the nation’s chalk streams at the nearby Tewinbury Nature Reserve. 

The fight against ash dieback, a highly-destructive disease that threatens ash trees throughout the UK, is being placed at the forefront of conservation efforts thanks to a grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.

An innovative glow in the dark paving system that absorbs ultraviolet rays during the day and radiates a soft luminescent light at night has been used to bring a new commercial development in Derbyshire to life. 

  Panshanger Park, the Tarmac-owned former quarry and now popular country park and nature reserve, boasts more than 800 ‘veteran’ trees that are, in-turn, home to hundreds of species of wildlife ranging from microscopic insects to animals, like bats and birds. 

Derbyshire Wildlife Trust’s historic Aqueduct Cottage has received a £21,000 donation from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund. The money will be used to design and install visitor information in the restored cottage, and help visitors find out about the Derwent Valley and surrounding area.

Tarmac held a virtual roundtable with young people, and alumni, from Solutions for the Planet’s Big Ideas Programme, to discuss climate change and sustainability issues that mattered to them.  

When the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund donated more than £45,000 to a Leicestershire scout group, the money not only enabled the troop to save their hut roof, but also provided a thriving new hub for the local community. 

History – ancient and modern – features heavily at Fonmon Castle in South Wales after Tarmac installed a new exhibit about the construction industry in the castle grounds. 

Biodiversity around Tarmac’s quarries is being celebrated by award-winning photographers who have captured the incredible array of wildlife that has made its home in restored – and active – sites thanks to the company’s conservation efforts. 

Two Derby schoolchildren are enjoying life in the saddle after winning a Tarmac-sponsored competition to design new bikes to highlight the benefits of cycling to school.