Yesterday whilst the patrol was out on Studland beach, Austen spotted some washed up flares like the ones above. In the wrong hands these items can be very dangerous and should be disposed of properly.
Up to now HM Coastguard has been collected these items once they have passed their "sell by dates", and passed to the Bomb Disposal Squads to get rid of once every six weeks.
This process is about to change (around April) due the very high cost to the Coastguard (over 2 million pounds last year) and the high demand on EOD teams.
Once the details have been confirmed we will advise where maritime flares can be dropped off, HM Coastguard will still be dealing with items washed up (which we all hope don't increase with the new procedures!)
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