Originally Posted by bocastephen

No offense, but this is one of the most contradictory policies I've ever heard. In a nutshell, you're saying that liquids are not hazmat/explosive/dangerous at the checkpoint, but they *could* be if they got onboard an aircraft....and the determining factor is the cost of disposal?

Either they are, or they're not - they can't be treated two different ways based on where they're located in the terminal. If your agency is confiscating them as potentially dangerous and hazardous material, they should be treated as such and disposed of appropriately.

The whole "binary liquids" theory is bogus anyway outside controlled lab conditions, as many scientists and industry professionals have already demonstrated.