Sims Metal Management

Fast and good system. Go to dump out cans and bottles in machines first. Then being tickets to lady in another station to sign. Then bring to an ATM-​like machine for payout. Don’t need to unscrew bottle caps, but separate glass bottles by color.

Every time I come here the cashier are always rude. She is miserable person to deal with. Always trying to give you less than what it is worth at the weigh station.

Its a good place to sell your recyclings, but i am little concern about the way they weigh your items, and the accuracy of weight is questionable, the empty containers are not confirmed and you dont know how they charging you… and the Spanish Guy on the scale has big attitude as well. using the excuse of NO ENGLISH… and will do as he want to do… and off course you are not paid by the actual weight of your items… Please shop around always…

Excellent place to recycle CRV cans, glass and plastic bottles. After Safeway shutdown their’s and Lucky’s took almost an hour, this place is 5 stars as it took only 10 minutes! Only two people in line on a Tuesday afternoon, unlike the other’s where you might be fifth or sixth in line. I found the scanner a little hard to read my ticket, but got it on the third try and there’s $ 37.00 @ $ 2/​lb which is pretty good!

They’ve definitely cleaned this place up recently! Fresh paint, better prices, and the employees are friendly.
If you’re recycling more than cans and bottles be prepared to have your ID. I feel very comfortable recycling here because you can tell they follow the law. When I first went here they were more than willing to show me the ropes, it made for a very comfortable first visit.
Recommended!

I took my mom to Sims because she had some recycling to do. Happy to say that the service provided by the 2 ladies in the office was amazing. They were so professional and upbeat. I’ll definitely come back to this location!

Negative or no stars at all. Here at 2:30pm on a Friday, Gates are closed, no one is here and it supposed to close at 3pm. Shame on them.
*Dumping heavy metals for recycling to get $ back.

My co-​worker, and I, came to this facility to recycle some end-​of-​life equipment. Since this facility accepted it without us having to pay for disposal, we gladly waited in the line to enter the yard — a little patience was needed because they only have one lane to enter and exit the yard.
When entering the yard, they told us that we needed to wear hardhats, and told us to use the ones they had on a shelf by the entrance. If I had known about this requirement, I would have bought my own.
Once properly hatted, we offloaded our items under a canopy, which reminded me of a circus tent. Afterwards, we got back into our van and drive to the line for the exit, which was another test of patience.
There really wasn’t much contact with the workers there. This just told us the place to go to and reminded us of the hat rule. It was basically self-​disposal and patience to get in and out!
I would return again in for disposal of used machinery because they do not charge us! Also, McDonald’s is across the street from this facility — great place for a nice cup of coffee after this visit to the yard!

Short hours, rude staff, low prices, open only 7 hours a day and then closed for one hour for lunch — in a hurry oh well just wait — got there at around 3PM within normal hours but told they were closed come back another day — for best metal prices try Schnitzer Steel on Oakland waterfront end of Market St.

First: This review is for the Redwood City Seaport Blvd location.
My husband is a small contractor and was sick of PAYING to dump water heaters and appliances at the local dumps. Another contractor friend recommended trying Sims. He’s been going for a while now… but last week I got to tag along!
It was so FUN! (Granted, the dumps is one of my favorite places to go… EVER!) The men were super friendly, dumping of small appliances is free and if you bring scrap metal a ton at a time they pay you! I even got a PINK hardhat to wear while I watched the men upload the van. It was a good experience.
You even get to drive through a NUCLEAR WASTE detector. So high tech!