Disposal of old style EPIRB

G'day Jon

Not sure about Qld but here in NSW we are able to dispose of all old 121.5 / 243 Mhz EPIRB's by just taking them to any Battery World shop and placing them in the box provided.

Cheers

I pulled mine open and kept the batteries and the rest went in the bin.

Owen

I'll keep mine in the OKA alongside the new one.
The 121.5 signal is still useful as a homing signal when they are trying to find you from the air, but won't get an initial search happening. So it might be useful and I will keep it 'till the battery is flat.

Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 Motorhome

Battery World have the national contract for collection/disposal of old epirbs. Recently there was one dumped in a tip just outside Darwin. During burial it was set off. Aircraft kept reporting receiving distress signals. Took a week for the SES to locate it, then dispose of correctly. It cost it's previous owner $1000.00 in fines for incorrect disposal. The judge threatened to make him pay for the search costs. He was very lucky to get away with a $1000.00 fine.

It is illegal to "bin"them, that's why the national disposal system (free to you) was put in place.

Look here

http://beacons.amsa.gov.au/batteries_and_disposal.asp