The State of Illinois has made a br...

The State of Illinois has made a brisk business disclosed of reselling items surrendered at airport checkpoints, nevertheless don't expect those newly prohibited beverages and bottle of substance to turn up on the auction brace anytime soon, officials say.

"All items are being disposed [of]" Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lara Uselding said. "They are not being auctioned."

Uselding said the items aren't going hearthstone with any TSA security officers, either.

Thousands of items -- from lipstick and shampoo to bottle of water and toothpaste -- have been left behind on passengers flying out of O'Hare and Midway airports since recent restrictions on liquids and gel in carry-on luggage were imposed in the wake of a foiled terror outline in London.

Ordinarily, things that haven't been used and are not hazardous might be cause to deviateed over to the state's surplus characteristic program, which resells items confiscated or left at the city's airports for pennies forward the dollar. Central Management Services moves a public auction Web site called I-BID that bears a striking resemblance to eBay.

yet with heightened security rules in place, everything must proceed . . . into the trash, that is.

mjthomas@suntimes.com

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