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Disposing of your expired marine flares
Saturday, July 4th, 2009
For one week only, from August 1 to 8, 2009, anyone with expired recreational marine flares who wishes to dispose of them free, can drop them off at any of the 165 OPP detachments across the province. At the end of the week, the OPP will turn the expired flares in to Transport Canada’s Office of Boating Safety for safe transport to a certified disposal site.
Marine flares should only be set off in an emergency situation, and should be replaced after their expiry date. Due to the environmental concerns and the dangers of explosion expired recreational marine flares should not be disposed of in the landfill.
If anyone knows of how to safely get rid of expired flares other than above during posted dates let me know and I will pass it on.
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