It's a bit intimidating coming here. You have all walks of life and as a first timer, I had no idea…read morewhat to do because there are no instructions. I just observed and followed others. For the most part, people seem to be in a rush and everyone was working so fast.
The first thing you want to do is to get a close parking spot and reverse your car in. Find a trash bin to bring to your car and dump all your recyclables in the bin.
Tips:
-make sure your aluminum, glass and plastic are separated. It'll save time.
-reverse park into the parking stalls
-go grab an empty trash can
-poor your recyclables into the bin
-stand in line, they pour the items in your trash bin into a wire bin, then weigh it, give you a receipt and you redeem it at the window for cash
-bring and wear disposable gloves because the trash bins and recyclables are sticky
-don't wear your best clothes or shoes. Even the floors are sticky.
*You must have your items in the trash bin when you're in line. Otherwise you'll be kicked of line and go to the back. This happened to me because they were out of trash bins. I had to wait for an empty one from someone else.
There are other items on the list to recycle. I was able to get $38 with 3 full trash bags of cans, bottles and glass.