David Seng wrote: > > Great story Julio! I promise, I was laughing _with_ you. > Up here in wild, woolly Alaska <g> we can get away with firing off expired > flares out over the water on July 4th; but is there really any reason (other > than boyish urges) to actually fire off old flares? Wouldn't it be safer > and just as effective to simply soak them in a bucket of water until they're > rendered ineffective and then dispose of them through the appropriate agency > in your locale? I'll bet that the HazMat collections that many communities > seem to have these days would also take in old flares and dispose of them > properly. Others have since chimed in with the best suggestion: fire or police agencies will likely take them. The HazMat collections around here specifically exempt incendiaries and explosives, but the fire department is usually there, so you could no doubt get them to take them. Sometimes when I have out-of-date sodium or potassim metal to get rid of, I coordinate its disposal with the fire department so they can see what Na or K do when placed in water. Most fire departments have little experience with exotic stuff like that, and I suspect they might wlecome a few donations so they can test out some of their extinguishing agents on flares, etc. YMMV -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR sea kayaker chemist *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Oct 24 1999 - 17:45:34 PDT
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