Quarry Rehabilitation
At HERACLES Group we have set the restoration of our quarries as our top priority. We are proceeding towards this ambition in a way that far exceeds the required standards.
The gradual reduction, wherever possible, of the benches height to that of 5 meters, the change of the final slope so as to improve both the remodeling and the visual effect, the creation of nurseries for the supply and fulfilment of the needs of all quarries with trees and flora bushes are some of our well-established practices.
The island of Gyali is inhabited solely by our people who work for the pumice quarry of LAVA, a subsidiary of HERACLES Group. In this area, we remodeled more than 2,000 m2 into a vineyard of more than 500 vines that produce both white and red wine. This restoration improved and reshaped the visual effect of the scenery and at the same time, created an incentive for our people. Actually, this initiative was very well received by our quarry's employees, as some of them got hands on involved in their spare time, helping to maintain the ‘local’ vineyard of which they are particularly proud.
