加州多县免费回收过期船用信号弹：10月24日Orange CountyHuntington Beach、San Diego与Ventura三站同日举行
Sacramento——加州州立公园10月16日发布消息，加州多地本月将举办过期船用信号弹免费回收活动。该活动由加州州立公园与加州海岸委员会的「划船洁净与绿色计划」（Boating Clean and Green Program）及加州产品管理委员会合作推出，由阿拉米达县、西康特拉科斯塔县、马林县、San Mateo County、圣克鲁兹县、Orange County、Ventura County及San Diego港承办。现场除回收外，还介绍可重复使用的电子求救信号等更安全的替代品。
南加州三站均在10月24日（周六）举行：Orange County站设在Huntington Beach日落水上码头（Sunset Aquatic Marina，2901 Edinger Ave., Huntington Beach），时间为上午7时至下午1时；San Diego County站设在谢尔特岛划船下水坡道（2210 Shelter Island Drive, San Diego），时间为上午8时至中午；Ventura County站设在海峡群岛港停车场（3850 Harbor Blvd., Oxnard），时间为上午11时至下午3时。北加州方面，西康特拉科斯塔县家庭危险废物处理设施（101 Pittsburg Ave., Richmond）10月14日至24日上午9时至下午4时接收；10月25日另有马林县Clipper游艇港（310 Harbor Drive, Sausalito，上午8时至中午）、圣克鲁兹港维修场（425 Brommer St.，上午11时至下午3时）等站点，阿拉米达县与San Mateo County两站需提前预约。
州立公园表示，回收只对居住在参与地区、或在当地停泊船只的居民与船主开放，须出示居住证明、船只登记或泊位费用凭证，且只能在活动时段内投放。按发布说明，美国海岸警卫队认可的视觉求救信号是船主必备装备，烟火类信号弹约42个月后过期、成为难以处理且费用不低的危险废物；加州休闲船主每年估计产生约17.4万枚过期信号弹，目前全州尚无常设处置计划。活动详情可查阅加州州立公园船务页面（dbw.parks.ca.gov/marineflares）。
Free Expired Marine Flare Collection Events Set Across California, With Three Southern California Sites on October 24
Sacramento — California State Parks announced on October 16 that free collection events for expired marine flares will be held across California this month. The events are offered in partnership with the California State Parks and California Coastal Commission Boating Clean and Green Program and the California Product Stewardship Council, and are hosted by Alameda County, West Contra Costa County, Marin County, San Mateo County, Santa Cruz County, Orange County, Ventura County and the Port of San Diego. Alongside disposal, the events introduce safer, reusable alternatives to traditional pyrotechnic distress signals, such as electronic flares.
Three Southern California sites will operate on Saturday, October 24: Orange County at Sunset Aquatic Marina, 2901 Edinger Ave. in Huntington Beach, from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m.; San Diego County at the Shelter Island Boat Ramp, 2210 Shelter Island Drive in San Diego, from 8 a.m. to noon; and Ventura County at the Channel Islands Harbor parking lot, 3850 Harbor Blvd. in Oxnard, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. In Northern California, the West Contra Costa County Household Hazardous Waste Facility at 101 Pittsburg Ave. in Richmond accepts flares October 14 to 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and additional sites follow on October 25, including Clipper Yacht Harbor in Sausalito (310 Harbor Drive, 8 a.m. to noon) and the Santa Cruz Harbor Maintenance Yard (425 Brommer St., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.); the Alameda County and San Mateo County events are by appointment only.
State Parks says the collection events are open only to residents and boaters who live in or berth their boats in the participating regions, with proof of eligibility such as residency, boat registration or a slip fee, and that flares may be dropped off only during event hours. According to the release, California boaters are required to carry U.S. Coast Guard-approved visual distress signals; pyrotechnic flares expire after approximately 42 months and become hazardous waste that can be difficult and costly to dispose of, and recreational boaters in California generate an estimated 174,000 expired flares each year, with no permanent statewide disposal program currently in place. Details are posted on the California State Parks boating pages at dbw.parks.ca.gov/marineflares.
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图片来源：过期船用信号弹回收现场，加州州立公园官方发布照片 / Expired marine flares collected at a take-back event, official California State Parks photo
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