Originally Posted by
Sankaps
I started wondering how much it costs the airlines to provide those on-ear headphones, considering they give them away for free. I guess it must not cost too much.
The basic headphones themselves cost around $0.60 each with customised branding when ordered in bulk.
The unit costs of collecting, sterilising and repackaging the headphones can easily exceed $1 however. Hence, its often cheaper to toss them out than to recycle them.