The quarries provide much needed jobs and support the local economy
Quarry companies are only responding to the demand from the public for products made using limestone materials. Most of us use the roads and live in houses built with cement.
Some old quarries have been restored and are now important wildlife sites, or are used for recreation.
Wildlife.
Quarries look like large, unsightly scars on the landscape.
There is a large amount of traffic associated with the quarries - transporting the product out of the Peak District. Large, heavily laden lorries driving through the narrow villages of the Peak District contribute to air pollution, congestion and noise.
Wildlife can suffer from the loss of land as well as from noise and dust pollution. Underground cave systems can be destroyed.