Airport Security Bins Question

Biggins · 29-03-2011 03:44PM #1

My mother returned from England this morning and I spoke to her when she got home.
On the way to England she brought with her in her bag a jar of some food sauce in her bag.
Naturally enough (due to present security rules) when her bag was scanned, that was as far as it got. It was "binned" by security.

In talking to the staff however (my mother could talk the legs off a donkey) she asked "What happens to the stuff in the bins?"
One replied "Don't know - we are not allowed have it". Another replied "No idea either but there is hundreds of thousandths of stuff in Euros daily put in the large bins. Perfumes, aftershaves, tools, electric goods etc..."

In she telling me this I was wondering... Does anyone here actually know what the heck happens to this stuff on a daily basis?
Surely millions of Euro's worth of stuff just don't end up on a skip somewhere?
Surely charities alone could take advantage of this 'waste' ?

Now I'm not completely nuts - I'm guessing somewhere a long the disposal line, choice items disappear into pockets of various individuals - but where does the bulk of the stuff go daily?
It probably amasses monthly to some serious, serious revenue of goods that just 'vanish' - where does it go?

Anyone genuinely know?

RichieC · 29-03-2011 03:47PM

I imagine someone gets their pick of the best while the ****e goes in the bin.

Sykk · 29-03-2011 03:49PM

I know a guy that worked at airport security. You are allowed take things, so he said. I can't imagine there'd be a reason for actually throwing these things away anyway.

RichieC · 29-03-2011 03:50PM

State sanctioned theft.. gotta love it..

prinz · 29-03-2011 03:53PM

I have heard some of it gets passed on IIRC to charities and the likes (unopened perfume that kind of thing) to raffle etc. Most gets destroyed, (half used drinks, creams, lotions, gels, etc).

The obvious solution to the problem is for people not to try to bring stuff through security, and it won't end up in a skip.

SeaFields · 29-03-2011 03:54PM

They weren't going to tell your mother that "oh yeah, we help ourselves when our shift is over".... but you can be sure nothing of value ends up in those large bins.

RichieC · 29-03-2011 03:55PM

prinz wrote: »

The obvious solution to the problem is for people not to try to bring stuff through security, and it won't end up in a skip.

Or our security could use a bit of common fking sense.. I know.. crazy right?

Saila · 29-03-2011 03:56PM

it gets put into a container and is handed over to europe as part payment for our bailout

Biggins · 29-03-2011 03:56PM

Seems a shame that there might be a chance, a lot of good stuff might just get genuinely dumped.

Stinicker · 29-03-2011 03:56PM

Happened to myself once before around the time it was introduced with a Bottle of Whiskey. I had just dropped off the rental car about half an hour so instead of surrendering the bottle to the security thieves I took the Whiskey over to the girl who had sorted me out with the car, she was thrilled and I was delighted to not have given the security guards it.

prinz · 29-03-2011 03:57PM

RichieC wrote: »

Or our security could use a bit of common fking sense.. I know.. crazy right?

I'd rather have a safe flight than get miffed about bringing something through security tbh.

Melion · 29-03-2011 03:58PM

Used to work in Airport Security, trust me, the good stuff does not go in a bin. I got enough aftershave to last me years when i was doing it.

Biggins · 29-03-2011 03:59PM

Well the mam was out a €4.99 jar of some stuff. She was not giving out or not bothered in the least to be honest. Se la vie.
She asked me though if I heard of what happens to the more expensive stuff. Told her honestly, I didn't know.

RichieC · 29-03-2011 04:01PM

well come 2013 we will be allowed bring liquids again

the_pits · 29-03-2011 04:01PM

Few years ago I was in the queue for security check at Knock airport, this guy about five persons ahead of me been stops and bag searched, they took out his new can of Lynx and told him he could not take it aboard the airplane, the guy grabbed it back off them and proceeded to empty it all over himself................ He sat on his own for duration of flight, the smell was overpowering ........:D

RichieC · 29-03-2011 04:02PM

prinz wrote: »

I'd rather have a safe flight than get miffed about bringing something through security tbh.

I rather not have to throw my 75 pound bottle of aftershave into a bin liner.

prinz · 29-03-2011 04:04PM

RichieC wrote: »

I rather not have to throw my 75 pound bottle of aftershave into a bin liner.

Then put it in checked-in baggage, or leave it at home. We all know what the rules are, I'm sick of being held up at the airport by self-important gimps who try to argue it out, or who spend 10, 15, 20 minutes waiting then when they get to the top of the queue start to search their pockets.

ejmaztec · 29-03-2011 04:05PM

RichieC wrote: »

I rather not have to throw my 75 pound bottle of aftershave into a bin liner.

I'd drink it before I'd throw it in a bin and let those feckers get their hands on it.

granturismo · 29-03-2011 04:06PM

the_pits wrote: »

they took out his new can of Lynx ..., the guy grabbed it back off them and proceeded to empty it all over himself................ He sat on his own for duration of flight, the smell was overpowering ........:D

What about the Lynx effect, were all the wimmin on the plane not converging on him.

RichieC · 29-03-2011 04:07PM

prinz wrote: »

Then put it in checked-in baggage, or leave it at home. We all know what the rules are, I'm sick of being held up at the airport by self-important gimps who try to argue it out, or who spend 10, 15, 20 minutes waiting then when they get to the top of the queue start to search their pockets.

I bought it on a stags in Liverpool, I only thought it was in dumbfu*kistan that they had these ridiculous rules.

Agricola · 29-03-2011 04:14PM

I bought a lovely homemade lemon curd in England once and it was taken from my bag during a search and put in a bin. As I was walking away from the security gates I looked back and saw that the guard had removed it from the bin and was showing it to a colleague looking well chuffed with himself. It killed me to think of the fat bastard spreading my lemon curd on his bread the next morning. :mad:

Stinicker · 29-03-2011 04:18PM

Agricola wrote: »

I bought a lovely homemade lemon curd in England once and it was taken from my bag during a search and put in a bin. As I was walking away from the security gates I looked back and saw that the guard had removed it from the bin and was showing it to a colleague looking well chuffed with himself. It killed me to think of the fat bastard spreading my lemon curd on his bread the next morning. :mad:

An Aunt of mine also had contraband seized at JFK, shes an attorney and quoted some regs, her stuff was put aside and was there for her when she returned a few weeks after her trip home here. Sometimes people can put manners in the gimps.

ejmaztec · 29-03-2011 04:18PM

An old decrepit aunt of mine still bangs on about the English customs guy who confiscated a 30 pound turkey she was trying to carry through Holyhead in the 60s around Christmas-time. I've heard "I hope it choked the fucker" about ten million times now.:eek:

Gillington · 29-03-2011 04:18PM

Agricola wrote: »

I bought a lovely homemade lemon curd in England once and it was taken from my bag during a search and put in a bin. As I was walking away from the security gates I looked back and saw that the guard had removed it from the bin and was showing it to a colleague looking well chuffed with himself. It killed me to think of the fat bastard spreading my lemon curd on his bread the next morning. :mad:

It kills me to think anyone puts that muck on their bread!

Fratton Fred · 29-03-2011 04:19PM

Aftershave should be ok as it is rare to get bottles bigger than 100ml.

I got stopped with a cake once, it was wrapped in tin foil and had a nintendo DS on top, so to the xray operator it looked like a bomb.

They opened it up and were happy to let me go when another guard came over and insisted it was confiscated. When I questioned why, I was politely told that it was coming up for their tea break and hadn't confiscated anything nice all afternoon!

He was joking though.

prinz · 29-03-2011 04:19PM

RichieC wrote: »

I bought it on a stags in Liverpool, I only thought it was in dumbfu*kistan that they had these ridiculous rules.

Two lessons learned then.

Biggins · 29-03-2011 04:20PM

Through nothing but my own absentmindedness and/or stupidity, I've had to hand over small items like scissors, pliers or small screwdrivers that I forgot to take out of pockets as I've gone through security.
When it happens I'm more mad at myself for forgetting than at the rules but still the rules so sometimes seems daft.

Once I was walking through security drinking seconds before (and in front of a security man) from a small bottle of Club Orange (which I had bought in an airport shop).
Got to one body check point (put the lid back on) and was told "thats a bin job I'm afraid" - Fair enough, I had a flight to catch and life is too short to argue over Euro bottle - the security chap quickly pointed out as he briefly told me that after I binned the bottle in a bin he pointed to, I could go buy another bottle in a shop just 25 feet in front of me!
Sometimes, some things just seems like madness!

alexlyons · 29-03-2011 04:20PM

What I don't get is why they are stopping people bringing larger bottles on.

They are not limiting the quantity of what you bring as a group of 7 (my family for example) can bring a fair amount of stuff through which could be shared out etc etc

They are not limiting the size of the containers you can have on the plane as you can buy liter bottles etc after security.

they are not limiting what is in the smaller bottles as they don't really check what is in your containers.

What the hell is the point of it all?

Also, you can buy whiskey etc behind security which is highly flammable...

prinz · 29-03-2011 04:24PM

alexlyons wrote: »

Also, you can buy whiskey etc behind security which is highly flammable...

Not explosive enough to damage the aircraft to threaten the safety of the entire aircraft.

Jagle · 29-03-2011 04:24PM

ya weve known this for years, makes no sense, god i hope it changes soon, most BS laws ever, and dont give me the whole it saves lives, it doesnt

alexlyons wrote: »

What I don't get is why they are stopping people bringing larger bottles on.

They are not limiting the quantity of what you bring as a group of 7 (my family for example) can bring a fair amount of stuff through which could be shared out etc etc

They are not limiting the size of the containers you can have on the plane as you can buy liter bottles etc after security.

they are not limiting what is in the smaller bottles as they don't really check what is in your containers.

What the hell is the point of it all?

Also, you can buy whiskey etc behind security which is highly flammable...

Biggins · 29-03-2011 04:25PM

RichieC wrote: »

well come 2013 we will be allowed bring liquids again

A bit daft that we have to wait that long.
Whats the reason for so long the wait?

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