Reynolds Recycling

I happened on coming here a few days after they changed their schedule! It was kind of a big deal because I walked here with my bags.
So on the next day they were open, I, and every other person, went to cash in. I’ve been used to putting my empty water bottles in the receptacles in my building. So I figured I might as well cash them in since I pay for it and this location is convenient.
If you are a newbie to this like I am, make sure you remove the caps off the plastic bottles before you come here! Just a helpful tip and was grateful to the gentleman in line just ahead of me because he helped me remove all the caps from my water bottles!

It’s is freaking 1213pm, lunch is not suppose to be till 1230pm! This is place is a joke! Why advertise close from 1230 till 130pm for lunch if it is actually earlier!

First of all didn’t know that they take an hour break from 12:30 — 1:30. Got down there at 12:20 and was about to unload my recyclables until the guy says they are on break. He points to the sign and says «We on break from 12:30 — 1:30.» So I look on on my phone at it has 12:21 on there. Mind you I only had a small load to recycle. I told them according to the time on my phone you guys got about 7 min til 12:30. They just looked at me and didn’t do anything.
So I left and went some where else.
If you are planning on going I suggest go before 12:00 and after 2:00. Because they might be on break around those times.

Attended a very liberal university on the west coast. At that time I was strongly urged to recycle and remember coming back from college preaching recycling back in the late-80’s. At that time deposits were taken when purchasing soft drinks and beer. Being your typical poor college student, I made sure I got my money back. When I came back to Hawaii I would encourage others to recycle and some people, including family and friends, thought I was nuts.
Living in town there are several redemption centers near my home and I seem to like this one the best. There is this one guy, Robert, who is a rock star!!! He is very quick and sharp, compared with some of the other people I have dealt with.
Also being in town, this location is quite interesting. It draws a very diverse crowd, including your druggies and homeless pushing old shopping carts. But I have come across a whole bunch of immigrants who cannot speak English at all. There are many elderly Chinese who come here and there is this one man «Mr. F.» who is oblivious to lines. Many times he goes to the front, snags an empty barrel and starts to fill it up regardless of many people standing in line. Luckily I speak Cantonese so after allowing him to cut several occasions I decided to confront him. I advised him nicely that there is a line and he needs to wait patiently. I sure wasn’t expecting «lip service» but he barked back at me!
Robert didn’t know I speak Cantonese so I taught him the phrase PAI DUI (stand in line). Apparently Mr. F. is infamous for just doing his own thing.
Today the other staff called in sick and Robert was holding the fort solo. I was amazed how quickly he worked and kept things professionally by not letting anyone upset him. He was very apologetic for us waiting so long but I felt bad for him as this one drunk guy was giving him some attitude but Robert kept his cool and didn’t let it bother him. I got there shortly after 9am today and had my turn at about 945am. The 45-​minute wait didn’t really bother me because it’s first-​come, first-​serve basis. When I glanced at Robert’s shirt, it was soaking wet (keep in mind that this location opens from 9am).
This is one place I would strongly recommend, especially if Robert is working that day.
NOTE:
(1) Lots of parking in this lot.
(2) Just like any Center, you can have 200 units counted upon request. To make things run smoothly, I have 2 bags of 100 each for convenience.