ARMENIA ROCKET FUEL RECYCLING
May 1st, 2006
STORIES BY KEITH NUTHALL
WHEN the Soviet Union disintegrated, its vast military complex left stocks of toxic waste behind as it split or retreated to Russia. Now an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) project is trying to turn part of this refuse of war into something useful: rocket fuel into fertliser. It is working in Armenia, where there is 872 tons of mélange rocket fuel, which is highly toxic and volatile. The OSCE is responding to a appeal for help from the Armenian defence ministry, and says it can turn this waste into ...
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