Impacts of quarrying

Question 1

Environmental

Answer 1

- wildlife habitats are destroyed
- use of explosives (possibly)
- noise and dust pollution
- increase in heavy traffic leading to congestion and air pollution
- landscape scarred
- visual pollution

Question 2

Economic

Answer 2

- employment is provided directly and indirectly
- more money in local economy
- raw materials for construction: stone, sand, gravel and cement
- loss of land for agriculture
- quarrying of non-renewable materials is not sustainable

Question 3

Social

Answer 3

- at the end of their useful life, quarries can be restored and landscaped
- water sports in flooded quarries
- rock climbing and abseiling
- habitat for wildlife
- landfill sites