Keywords: Self-sustaining decomposition, Fertiliser safety, Product stewardship, Fertiliser storage, Fertiliser transport, Ammonium nitrate.

The incident in Toulouse has inspired a lot of thought and activity about the safety of ammonium nitrate-based fertilisers. This paper explores the various steps needed to apply a 'product stewardship' approach to managing the health, safety and environment aspects of fertiliser products throughout their entire life cycle. Embodied in this is a large element concerned with the development of 'safe' products and this also includes some new data on product safety characteristics.

Harri Kiiski, Kemira GrowHow Oy, Helsinki, Finland.
Bob Milborne, Kemira GrowHow UK Ltd, Ince, UK.

54 Pages, 18 Figures, 11 Tables, 75 References.