Industrial Ammunition Stockpile Recovery: Saving Energy and Resources and Protecting the Environment
Abstract
This article presents the opportunities for the disposal of ammunition in an economically and environmentally feasible way, focusing on post-conflict disposal of larger stocks of ammunition with a special view to the ongoing Ammunition Stockpile Destruction Programme in Afghanistan managed by the Afghanistan New Beginning Programme. The contents of the article are based on the experiences gathered under the umbrella of the research and development programmes Western European Armament Group European Cooperation for the Long-Term in Defence and European Union L’Instrument Financier pour L’Environnement (EU LIFE), together with a study carried out for NATO’s Maintenance and Supply Agency, followed by field studies on ammunition stockpile destruction in mine-action programmes.
Recommended Citation
Lauritzen, Erik; Straarup, Mogens; and Sánchez, Inés García
(2006)
"Industrial Ammunition Stockpile Recovery: Saving Energy and Resources and Protecting the Environment,"
Journal of Mine Action
: Vol. 10
:
Iss.
2
, Article 9.
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https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/cisr-journal/vol10/iss2/9
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