Liquid Missile Fuel Transformed into Fertilizer in Georgia

(Tbilisi, Civil Georgia, August 21, 2002) – The Melange project, an OSCE-supervised project aimed at producing fertilizer from highly explosive missile fuel in Georgia, has been successfully concluded, according to an OSCE press release.

In total, 400 tons of highly dangerous liquid missile fuel stored on the former Soviet airfield in Meria, Western Georgia, were transformed into fertilizer for the acid soil in the same region.

This project was realized through OSCE voluntary funds and financed by the governments of Germany, the Netherlands, Turkey, and the United Kingdom. In addition, Germany sent experts to Georgia.

Following the successful conclusion of the project, the OSCE has been requested by the Georgian authorities to take further steps to secure  missile storage areas in Georgia. Numerous missiles, partly filled  with explosive liquid fuel and still equipped with warheads, urgently have to be scrapped safely. The OSCE Mission to Georgia continues to
seek funding for such projects in the framework of the OSCE voluntary fund.