Chiseling quarry waste into blocks, she hurt her thumb and several fingers while figuring out how to hold a piece of sandstone in place with her foot in order to shape it to the desired size.
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Last month, Clwyd South MP Martyn Jones called on Merseyside councils to halt plans to dump millions of tonnes of waste at the quarry.
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Plans for an energy from waste incinerator at a quarry near Dartmoor have been rejected.
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She said residents were "outraged" that planning permission had been granted to allow waste to be dumped at the quarry.
McKenna Plant Hire (Oxford) Ltd wants to dump 340, 000 cubic metres (about 520, 000 tonnes) of inert building waste like clay, in Woodeaton Quarry.
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The Planning Service withdrew two contentious planning applications for a waste facility and a landfill at the quarry in February 2012.
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Viridor said it was disappointed by the decision as the quarry has been earmarked by the county council as a suitable waste site.
Viridor is asking South Hams District Council for permission to build an energy from waste (EfW) plant at the New England Quarry near Lee Mill.
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Waste firm Viridor wanted to build the plant at the New England Quarry south of Lee Mill on the A38.
At another Rajasthan quarry, 15-year-old Raju has spent his adolescence among the piles of sandstone waste.
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