Old Flares Wanted

Ontario Provincial Police are giving area boaters an opportunity to discard old marine flares in a safe manner.

For a one week period beginning tomorrow, boaters can bring the flares to any OPP detachment.

Sergeant Shelly Garr says its important to regularly check the expiry date of those flares.

"It's an issue of safety," says Garr. "Sometimes we receive quite old marine flares. We don't want these things lying around on people garages or just in storage. We'd rather have them brought to a safe place and have them disposed of in a safe manner."

Flares collected will be transported to a facility in Quebec for disposal.