(bolding mine)

Sorry, I have to respectfully completely disagree with the bolded statement. I have never had a screener allow me to put a confiscated item in the trash myself and the receptacles have never been situated where I could directly access them anyway.

In fact, I've never been allowed to touch my bag or belongings while they're being searched and no screener has ever let me touch an item about to be confiscated. That is a sensible safety practice if you think you might actually be confiscating dangerous items.

I have never had a screener ask me if I would like to take an about-to-be confiscated item and ship it home. On a couple occasions in the past, I have stopped a screener from discarding an item, even pulling it out of the bin once, and insisted on being escorted outside security to dispose of it myself. On those rare occasions, it was clear the screeners weren't used to such a request. I had to listen to a spiel about someone having to be summoned to finish my screening before I was escorted out and it probably would 'take some time'. I got a full bag search and swab and a full-body intimate blue-glove frisk, and eventually I was led outside the checkpoint to dispose of my item myself.

Frankly, I would think it would be a security issue to have the checkpoint disposal bins accessible to pax because a deft-fingererd pax transiting the checkpoint could lift something dangerous out when screeners were distracted.

I have encountered one exception to this rule. I was not given the opportunity to finish screening and be escorted out of the sterile area with my nitroglycerine pills. My medicine was treated just like I imagine a firearm confiscation is handled. Screeners don't see a firearm and allow the pax to be escorted out of the checkpoint area to give the gun to a friend or put it in their car.