Replanet

Line… again. One machine available
No paper on the other renders bottleneck. Oh well. Hope this location strategies for a more efficient experience. Amd the bright side, working on shoulder tan for the summer.

The guy here’s very nice considering he is there loan captain of a sinking ship.
There are two self serve slots, one usually out of commission, and an endless flow of folks with their huge bags.
If there really is a system, it is geared only to those who collect mega piles and there are no options in this area that I’ve found where I can just return a six pack. In Massachusetts, every grocery store and «package» store where bottles are sold, had a self service machine line up where average drinkers can get the .30 back on their beer bottles. What up California???
either 1) there’s a conspiracy to prevent redemption on deposits or 2) local zoners want to make sure there aren’t too many «undesirables» eking out a living on returns.
Bogus.

Guy here is a jerk, extremely rude. Won’t even answer question about why he closes before 4:30 pm.

Total rip off I’ll never go here again he didn’t even put it on the scale just Eyed balled it and gave me 10 dollars I had at least 7 buckets filled smh guess I’ll just have to take a trip to LA because Carlos is a scammer.

Years ago I collected, saved and recycled aluminum cans. Some how as I got older it wasn’t as much of a priority, that and I stopped drinking sodas.
The thing now seems to be plastic water bottles, since NO ONE actually drinks tap water anymore, RIGHT? Well, sometime last year I decided to stop simply tossing plastic bottles and aluminum cans in the recycle bin and started saving them.
At first a very large cardboard box was my storage area of choice. Once full I moved on to a large plastic trash bag… then two… then three. My dad drinks Gatorade every day so add 3 cases of those bottles, plus a bunch of ½ gallon juice bottles and before I knew it the bed of my truck was FULL of plastic bottles!
This recycling center has been in the Food 4 Less parking lot for probably as many years as the store itself and today was finally the day to do some recycling.
When you buy a beverage you pay a California Redemption Value (CRV) deposit, 5 cents each up to 24oz and 10 cents each over 24oz. Well my friends, this really adds up! If you throw it away, you’re throwing away cash!
There are 2 ways to do this, by using their automated machines, which counts, keeps a running total and pays back the full CRV, or by weight (which pays less than the machines, or so the attendant said).
HOURS: From 10 am to 4:30 pm, but the catch is they LEAVE at 4:30. They stop accepting recycables at 4:15 and that’s what happened to me. I did get the majority of the smaller bottles put into the machines, but the attendant shut them down at 4:20 pm. No problem however, I still walked away with vouchers totaling $ 25.05, WOO HOO!!!
OVERALL: Recycling, it can be a dirty and looked down upon job, but somebody’s got to do it… and everyone should!