Changes to UK rules on disposal of marine flares
British Marine, the Department for Transport (DfT) and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are hosting a free 30-minute webinar to help individuals and businesses find out more about the future arrangements for the disposal of maritime pyrotechnics.
The webinar will be on 13 October at 5pm (GMT+1). Registration for the webinar is available now through Microsoft Teams.
In 2021 the DfT completed a consultation on the future arrangements for the disposal of maritime pyrotechnics from the pleasure boat sector. Following this consultation, a new alternative programme for the disposal of time-expired marine pyrotechnics was agreed.
The agreement means, from 1 January 2023, HM Coastguard will cease to offer a voluntary, public-facing flare disposal service to private individuals.
The agenda for the webinar is as follows:
- Introduction and welcome from Ross Wombwell (RW) – Head of Technical Services, British Marine
- Consultation process and response – MCA / DfT
- Legal position of users – MCA / DfT
- Industry commitment – RW
- New facilities map – RW
- Q&A session
Earlier this year, MIN reported that Pains Wessex, a UK-based producer of pyrotechnic marine rescue distress signals, had received over 3,500 expired pyrotechnics during a series of flare amnesty days.
