Sustainability
SUSTAINABLE INDUSTRY – ‘East Arm Resources is committed to undertaking sustainable best practices within the quarrying industry in pursuit of supplying carbon neutral construction materials that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability for future generations to meet their own needs’.
Our current commitments:
Closer Proximity To Market: EAR is focused on supplying the George Town and greater Northern Tasmania markets, traditionally supplied from quarries further afield. Applying a ‘proximity principle’ to infrastructure developments, raw materials should be sourced as close as possible to the location of their use. For instance, construction materials delivered to the Bell Bay industrial precinct by truck from Launceston generates three times more carbon dioxide compared to a delivery from EAR, this equates to an additional 63kg of carbon dioxide per tonne delivered.
Minimising The Use of Fossil Fuels: EAR has recently entered into a purchase agreement with SEA Electric, the market leader in the electrification of commercial vehicles, for the development of a medium sized quarry delivery truck. Taking advantage of Tasmania’s green electricity the delivery truck, will be the industry’s first truly emission-free vehicle. Our goal is to convert our internal mobile plant and equipment towards the use of zero-emission Tasmania’s produced fuel sources in partnership with our equipment providers.
Progressive Site Rehabilitation: EAR is committed to rehabilitating the land as soon as a quarry working face is completed and to ensure that active working faces are minimised. To this end a landowner rehabilitation sinking fund has been created with a portion of the proceeds from rock sales being held for restoration activities. Our first rehabilitation undertaking is due to commence in the later part of 2022.
End of Life Land Use: An important aspect of our Mine Plan is the consideration given to the future use of the land and to ensure that the land use needs are not conflicting with the surrounding uses. Once the end of quarrying life is achieved the site will complement the surrounding topography with the extensive planting of native timbers occurring throughout the progressive rehabilitation phases and a return to mixed farming uses.