rePlanet Recycling

The first time I came in on Sunday, right around the attendant’s lunch break. He kindly asked me to use the machine instead of his weighing service. The machine worked alright, but wouldn’t recognize any of my cans and some of my bottles. This time, I came back on a Saturday at 10 AM. The hours state they’re open at 9 but no attendant in sight…

Great place. Highly recommend this place. Service is so fast. I love it how the guy always helps us and gives us a great deal on how we can make more money.

Most Humble and Respectful guy… He always helps everyone.

I like to recycle because I feel like I’m helping Mother Earth with the tiniest spec of cleanliness in a possible way I can. Also, it doesn’t hurt to get extra change and use it for parking fees. This location is favorable because it’s near different stores. The man also educates people in different type of metals and cans. It’s very interesting to see other different types of people and in different ages gather recyclable materials.

I’ve been to this center a handful of times, and my last visit felt unfortunate. On separate occasions, I had satisfactory experiences.
This time around, I arrived 30 mins before the listed closing time, and was turned away because the worker said he was closing. There were two customers ahead of me and were already having their recyclables weighed. I pointed out that the listed closing time was 4:30 and that I only had a barrel full of recyclables, but the worker looked annoyed and said that he’s done for the day. As I went back to my car, three more people showed up with recyclables. In fact, they had more than what I showed up with. I’m not sure what made the difference, but the worker went ahead and grabbed some barrels for them to fill. Am I wrong to feel as if that was unfair?
If anything, I don’t recommend coming in an hour before the listed closing time.

Recently the machines are not working on Sundays anymore. I also learned that Wednesdays and Thursdays are not good days for household recycle. You actually see each person with at least 3 SUPERDUPER GIANT bags of bottles sitting in their foldable chairs, forming long lines like Black Friday, and waiting for… THE 2 MACHINES. Probably they collect recycles on trash days and are free enough to sit there for hours.

Get in get out. They are quick. And every state should have one. This location is a bit of a drive for me But worth every cent.

This replanet is on colorado and verdugo, even though it is quite a wait the person here offers tips and tricks for the machines. It is also open from 10:30 to 4:30 and the machines until 7 o clock, i will keep coming back.

Out of the rePLANT recycling facilities, this is probably one of the best ones. The guy that was running it was so helpful and efficient. He would advice people using the scales how to get more money on their recycling. It was nice that he took the time to try to educate people that are recycling. The wait in line is kind of long. You can decrease your wait in line (and that of everyone else’s) by separating your recycling into different bins and making sure that there is no liquid in your recycling bottles. Recycling fraud – or attempting it – is not cool and it wastes people’s time.

Though I’m morally apposed to TOMRA, I think their business model sucks, this location is pretty good. I think it helped that I got off work early and was able to get here at 3 in the afternoon on a week day so it wasn’t crowded, but the Ralph’s it’s associated with is a good one.
The lot is clean and both of the reverse vending machines worked and accepted all bottles, which with TOMRA is a rarity.
It’s also really close to the Glendale Freeway (Rt-​2) so it’s easy to get to.