Replanet Recycling

This is place is so frustrating. I implore the people who run this place to please take down the sign that has the Machine Hours listed as 6:00 am. If you arrive at 6:00 am or anytime before an attendant gets there (9:00 am), you will more than likely have wasted a trip. I can’t tell you how many times, like this morning, that I arrive at 6:00 am to find one of the machines completely «dark» and the other with the «Alarm» flashing. I take that back — I was able to deposit 3 (yay!) bottles before the Alarm started flashing leaving me unable to deposit more. And like I said the other machine was completely dead to begin with. I’d say this happens at least half the time with these machines.
Why do I even risk coming early (when the machines are SUPPOSED to be working)? Because when they are open with an attendant there’s often a crown of people. Or you’ll often see the people with 3 + large garbage bags filled with bottles who insist on using the machine to deposit one… bottle…at…a…time… in order to get a few extra pennies back that they might not get if they weighed their bottles.
And even with an attendant present one of the machines will often be down. Not to blame the attendant — he seems to always be hard at work and doing his best with what he’s got. Too bad what he has is broken-​down machines a good deal of the time (as was the case last week and again this morning & that’s just when I noticed).
For a guy who usually only has one bin or a smallish bag of bottles this place can be a nightmare.

I do not know his name but I see the gentleman working with the blonde ponytail constantly and every time he has been very helpful and very kind. From the embarrassing moment of being «new» to the recycling system to now for a quick drop off, he is always working hard and helping as much as possible. I know how frustrating it may be to be stuck outside in the heat dealing with customers who may not understand how to work the machines or separate bottles and cans correctly. TIP!!! Everyone please separate before! I learned the hard way but again was educated nicely by the man working. It’s nice and refreshing to have people like the man working at the recycling center today. Hope to get his name next time I go. Out of all centers this is my favorite to go to!

I always wait till I have a bunch of recycling before I go. It’s just not worth it to go and sit in the sun on sticky asphalt for a few bottles. Anyway, I had a whole truck bed full of recycling this time.
***TIP: you will have a better experience if you sort your recycling BEFORE you get there. This lady in front of us was sorting the entire time. The rep ended up telling us to come forward and do our recycling since we were ready. By the time we were done, she was just getting the last of her bottles together. DONT BE THAT LADY!
This recycling center has both the automated recycling to put individual bottles in yourself and it also has a rep weighing and paying you. Of course you will get more money if you do the individual bottle redemption than the weighing redemption but as the famous Ms. Sweet Brown says «Ain’t nobody got time fo’ dat»!
We were in and out of there in less than 15 minutes because we came prepared. Seriously, save yourself the hassle and sort before you come. You’ll thank me later!

I take out the recycling for my mom when her bins get full. If you go here before the employer takes his lunch (I think 1 – 1:40pm) you can beat the crowds. You have the choice of weighing your recyclables or putting them through the machines. These machines are usually both working when I go. Although sometimes one isn’t working. Then the line builds up with people and their bags. I’m not sure if the machines break because people are putting in the bottles top first instead of bottom first. The only problems I have had is some of the 10 cent recyclables won’t go through. If you ask, the employee will give you two bottles you already put in and take the one that won’t go through. I’ve seen so many people walk off angry because they came at a bad time, it was hot, or the bottles or plastics was full and they have to come back another day. This stuff happens all the time. My one major complaint is that one day my sister went here. The employee was obviously having a bad day, but he didn’t have to pass it on to the costumers. The employee replied with, «Too bad.» when my sister said, ‘Oh, you’re going to lunch. I’ll have to wait until you get back.’ This happened a couple months ago, but it still leaves a bitter feeling. I still continue to go here and witness the circus that is RePlanet.

Been coming here for years, returning out bazillion cans and bottles and we always do the self service machine, putting the bottles in one at a time. I can zip through the glass and aluminum pretty quick, but the plastic water bottles get really frustrating because a lot of times they aren’t recognized and you have to try over and over until it finally takes them. The good thing we found out was that if you can’t get ‘em in, you can put them in one of the plastic trash cans and then they’ll let you do a certain amount by count so you still get the higher price than weighing. All of the rejects go in there.
There used to be a real jerk that worked there, but the guy working there now is really cool. He has some great music playing and he’s helpful and friendly. I love that… thank you!!!
It is a little time consuming to do it this way, so you can always just weigh the items… you’ll get a little less money, but you’ll get in and out much faster. We don’t mind spending the extra time to get the extra money. When you’re all done, you take your tickets into Albertson’s and they give you your cash.

I come here once a month and give these guys my plastics and cans. There little conveyor belt bottle scanner is very sensitive and only allows certains cans and bottles to go thru. Very frustrating.
But all in all it still does its job and you get alittle money back.

My sister and I decided to start recycling a bit more this year and heard about this place from a friend. It is a pretty simple concept. You can either use self service, or if you go from 9am-4:30pm you can get help from one of the employees.
They pay pretty well for aluminum, so it helped that most of our recyclables were cans.
Our first experience was pretty good. The employee was decent overall, so that is really all we asked for when recycling.
When you’re done, you do have to go into the Albertson’s at the front of the parking lot to redeem the voucher, which is good for about 30 days.
Tip: It’s a good idea to separate your glass from plastic from aluminum and it’s a great idea to separate those even further to CA CRV and non-​CRV. Your experience will be better and you’ll get paid faster. You won’t get paid for non-​CRV, but you can still donate it.
If you want to get paid to recycle, this is a good place to try.