Airplane Earphones/Headphones

[Uzoma]

If I use the plane's phones on my flight, does anyone know whether they are reused? My last flight had a notice that said that they were selling their headphones for �2/$2 but my wife said that it was unlikely that some of them could be reused due to hygiene and just the way some people treated them. Mind you, if someone knows for sure that they aren't used again, I won't feel so bad for taking them afterwards.

[andy hughes]

It probably varies from airline to airline - if you are charged for the use of the phones, then it doesn't matter if you take them or return them, the replacement clost has already been obtined in advance. Most charter airlines give them out free, and ask for their return, in which case they are checked, and if undamaged, they are sterilised, repacked, and reissued.

[rja211077]

in my limited experience charter airlines ask you to buy them in which case they don't expect you to give them back and probably don't have the systems in place to recycle them (and so will throw them away if you leave them). Scheduled flights give them out free, expect their return and will probably replace the sponge bits after every flight (a great job for someone).

[Harley]

Here is a business that won an award for recycling aircraft amenity packs http://www.ifcanet.com/environment/bestpractices/m
nhrecycling.asp

[louisefenner]

in my experience although they don't tell you this you can use your own headphones from a walkman/ cd player on planes.