Rehabilitation As a large-scale landholder, Brickworks’ approach to rehabilitation is to establish, operate and rehabilitate Brickworks sites in a manner that promotes optimum environmental and social outcomes. At the end of their productive lives, Brickworks rehabilitates its quarries for use by future generations. Final land-use varies from pasture, landfill and bush, to built-up areas. For sites that are filled, the sites can be capped with topsoil and planted with flora native to the area. Frequently today, these quarries are clean filled in highly compacted layers (to eliminate settlement) and can be reused as residential and industrial estates and beautiful public spaces.
Within the Environmental Management System, progress of rehabilitation projects is monitored across the Group, to ensure the protection and enhancement of biodiversity. Brickworks has delivered major rehabilitation projects.
REHABILITATION
Rehabilitation and land-use planning is an essential aspect of managing Brickworks quarries, with a focus on meeting legislative requirements and community expectations.
Drive progressive rehabilitation
Major Rehabilitation (Site Closure) History Highlights – Australia 2006
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2020
Eastwood, NSW
Eastern Creek, NSW
Scoresby, Vic
Donnington South, WA
Coolup, WA
Oakdale East Industrial Estate, NSW
1.5 million m3 of clean fill delivered to the site and compacted to geotechnical requirements to allow residential development.
The three-year rehabilitation campaign of Eastern Creek NSW utilised 3 million m3 of clean fill which was geotechnically placed to allow industrial development.
The Austral Bricks Scoresby rehabilitation project won the Victorian Department of Primary Industries ‘Strzelecki Award’ for overall excellence and innovation in sustainable development.
In collaboration with Landcare, the Donnington South clay pit was landscaped and returned to native bushland with the sites stockpile of topsoil and approximately 20,000 trees.
Site closure rehabilitation, and reshaping stormwater dams. The site was returned to pasture with approximately 15,000 trees planted around final dam infrastructure.
Austral Bricks rehabilitated a section of Mining Lease ML7, previously used as a stockpile area. The area required remediation and to remove historic waste on the site. Approximately 2.2 million tonnes of material was moved to create Industrial land.
56 p Brickworks Sustainability Report 2020
