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£10k grant sees refurb get underway at Tideswell community sports facility

October 3, 2022
A much-needed renovation project has been kick started at a sports and leisure pavilion at Tideswell Community Park, Derbyshire, thanks to a £10,311 donation from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.
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National Inclusion Week: inclusivity in action at Tarmac

September 30, 2022
As an inclusive employer in the construction and sustainable materials industry, Tarmac is proud to support National Inclusion Week.
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Tarmac wins levelling up award for its contribution to social mobility

September 22, 2022
Tarmac is celebrating becoming a winner at the first ever Purpose Business Coalition Levelling Up Awards 2022, in recognition of the company’s achievements in helping to improve social mobility across the UK.
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Tarmac pays respects to Her Majesty The Queen

September 9, 2022
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Her Majesty The Queen.
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New Derbyshire playground is a swinging success

August 17, 2022
A playground in Litton, Derbyshire, has been given a new lease of life thanks to a grant from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.
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Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund helps to heat village venue from the floor up

July 12, 2022
Cubs, scouts, beavers, and other users of Tideswell Community Hall will be warm and comfortable for their meetings and classes in a new community hall after a donation from the Tarmac Landfill Communities Fund.
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Saving carbon: five steps UK construction can take now

July 11, 2022
When we talk about the net zero transition, it’s tempting to think of it as tomorrow’s issue and as something we can gradually work towards.  Dr David Rich, sustainability performance and compliance manager at Tarmac gives his view on the steps the UK construction industry can take now to save carbon.
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UK lime kiln in world first net zero hydrogen trial

July 5, 2022
The trial, led by our Tunstead site near Buxton, was the culmination of a project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) demonstrated the significant potential to use hydrogen as a viable fuel alternative to natural gas for commercial-scale production of lime.
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Tarmac orders UK’s first battery electric mixer truck

July 4, 2022
Tarmac has placed an order with Renault Trucks for the first battery electric mixer truck in the UK as part of the company’s commitment to net zero.
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Tarmac changes asphalt ‘recipe’ to low temperature in net zero drive

June 20, 2022
Low carbon asphalt is set to become a feature of UK roads as Tarmac makes the most significant sustainable improvement to its ‘recipe’ for highway materials since the business perfected the method of making road surfaces stick in the early twentieth century.
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