Old Flare Disposal

[explorer185]

Does anyone know how I would dispose of old marine flares in Victoria area??? Thanks in advance.

 

[barrie]

I take mine to the police station

 

[salmonkiller01]

I take mine to the police station

Me too! or Just shoot them off where it won't cause an alarm

 

[Striker]

Why not just keep them as spares in your boat?

 

[salmonkiller01]

Once they expired they are unreliable. I had a set about one year after the expiry that would not go off. They were the handheld shooting star (not the shotgun shell).

 

[Franko Manini]

Trotac will take them for disposal.


Franko

MILF (Man, I Love Fishing)

 

[Inshore]

Try Ellice Recycle at 524 David. Call for disposal fee.

 

[lpaulcarter]

I just keep them. I figure if I'm ever in a position to need flares, the more the merrier. In a desperate situation I would rather have a bunch of flares that will probably work than the required minimum "fresh" flares. My recollection from discussions like this in the past is that the failure rates of flares past their expiry date is actually quite low. Just mho...

 

[Fixit]

I've disposed of a dozen pencil flairs from 79-81 and all but 1 went off