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I had plastic totes that I needed to get rid of. I called ahead and spoke with a rather rude receptionist who, after answering the phone «Hello», told me that they would be able to take the plastic containers. I drove to the location and took them out of my car and walked up to the guy and lady at the sorting area where he told me that they cannot take the totes. He tried to have an attitude after I told him that his receptionist told me that they would take the totes. All I wanted to do was get rid of some plastic totes that are getting in my way. Really could’ve done without the attitude.

Behind 99 ranch! It’s cool and fast service. The guy who help me was very kind and polite. I got 8 bucks for my bottles yahoo! Easy parking as well.

terrible service. The man who worked before was cordial, polite, and treated customers with respect. However, the woman who works there now tries to give people a hard time on purpose (e.g. not counting bottles without labels saying that they cannot recycle those but later on puts them in the same large bin with the rest of the bottles, being rude to customers). Is out to scam people of their money. Suggest taking all your recyclables to the place behind mitsuwa

I took a few bags to this location just to watch the worker sit on his butt and stare at me for 20 minutes. It wasn’t until another customer showed up when he decided to get up, but only to help that customer and sit down again and stare at me. Depending on the worker, this can happen to you.
What upsets me about this is you get a paper that you take to the 99 Ranch Market, wait in line and the cashier gives you your money. I’m tired of having to deal with poor customer support, and when I recycle the same amount of items at other locations I get more money for them. Don’t waste your time with this location.

Behind the 99RanchMarket,
first time here, its thursday afternoon, nobody but me,
comparing to Ralphs recycler machines
the good: Saves time as you dump the bottles in a basket and the lady weighs it
the bad: It looks shady, just behind the market, next to a shipping container
the ugly: makes you feel cheap

Located off the 5-​fwy on Walnut and Jeffrey. I came here on Saturday morning some time ago to redeem my. Waited in a line of about 4 people (includes myself). One attendant working the bin measurements that made sure no liquids were in bottles or other plastics like milk bottles, detergent bottles, etc were in people’s bins so weight would be accurate. It took about 15 – 20 minutes to get to the front of the line to get my stuff weighed.
Note: To make it easier and quicker, I crush my cans and bottles beforehand and have them sorted in separate bags before going. This is probably not neccessary for the attendant but it saves me from using too many trash bags, space in my car, and also is more convenient than lugging around 5 trash bags of uncrushed plastic bottles when it could really be just 2 bags.
Redemption is at the 99 ranch market around the front.

After my last update about a month ago (I also got a private message where the sender asked me to update my review), this place changed their time again! It is now closed on Monday and Wednesday. In other words, my first very review of this place has the correct schedule.
Below is my old review — which is not applicable anymore!!!
«It is now closed on Sunday and Monday. There are a lot of people waiting (waiting time about 10 ~20 minutes) on the weekend.»

Located behind 99 Ranch Market. The recycling center does not have automated machines but rather is manned by a little old Chinese guy. Very nice but he doesn’t speak English so be prepared to use hand gestures if you don’t speak Chinese.
You will receive credit for your recycled bottles & cans in the form of a voucher that can only be redeemed at 99 Ranch. Voucher is valid for 30 days from date of issue.
I was going to give it 3-​stars because it’s a bit dirty and smells like trash due to it’s location behind the store but I bumped it up an extra star because I feel bad for the little old man that works very hard despite the conditions.