North Australian FISH FINDER TM forums

I have an expired EPIRB that I have deactivated and was curious as to where can I dispose of it? What do other do with their expired EPIRB?

Was it a GME? How long ago did it expire? If it expired late last year then it may be within the recall period, and you might be able to get a new one for nix.

is it 406 or 121? If its 121 I'd just pull the battery and recycle the battery, the rest in the dump.

If it was a 406 you could probably replace the battery and keep it for camping etc. Its about $180 to replace the battery from GME , but if you were only gonna use it camping etc then it'd be worth the risk to replace it yourself I reckon. The battery would only be $30 or $40, I might pull one of my old ones apart.

It's a GME 406 but just falls outside the recall serial numbers. Didn't seem to cost effective to send back to GME for a replacement so I've already purchased a new 406 GPS EPIRB.

Any police station will take them

Thanks for the replies gents. AMSA told me to take it to Battery World. I'll try the cop shop instead since that's 300km away.