Favorite place to recycle cans. I had tried using those Olyns machines before but every time I…read morewould go, they'd be broken or get full before my turn in line. I only use the can machine here. It doesn't matter if the cans are crushed or not -- it's by weight. Just bring your cans over to the guy who helps place them in the machine to weigh them. It's super quick. Then you take your receipt to the Cashier to cash out. The line can get long, but I've never waited more than 10 minutes if there are 4 or 5 people in front of me. People who work here are really chill and nice. My mom is addicted to drinking diet sodas, so the equivalent of about 3 trash bags of her cans (about 8 pounds) made me $14! Someone's trash can be another person's treasure.

Since I recycle at RTRC but once a year, I have to re-learn their process which includes lots of…read moregrunting and pointing. With every section you visit (ie. cans, plastic, glass, scrap metal), you receive a receipt which you keep. When you're done visiting the different stations, you take all your receipts to the cashier, who moves at the pace of a sloth, show your ID, sign a document, and receive your recycle cash. When I come here, one of my biggest gripes is that I take the time to separate my recyclables in bags and the employees throw them in a container with either cans falling out or glass bottles breaking when they don't make it into the weighing container and I lose out on my weight. Because I want to reclaim all the CRV that I paid on my wine bottles, distilled water bottles, and cans and plastic from my last party, I begrudgingly come here year after year. Recycling on a weekday is less crowded than a weekend. Lastly, be careful of all the fork lifts zooming about and people parking.

Great staff great rates great perks. The best recycle services in the area. Highly recommend!…read moreAnd thank you you guys for offering free water to your customer. This is a small perk but means a lot to us.

It was an Easy unloading and pay process. You drive in and…read morethey weigh your car, no need to get out of car except to pay

I come here approximately twice a month with our cans, bottles and glass. They have a QR code to…read morescan with instructions on how to do everything in an efficient way. It's busy but they move pretty quickly and I have no complaints. I'm helping the environment and getting back some of what I paid previously. They also have a wash station and hand sanitizer to use. Win win!

My second time coming here, the staff more courteous & helpful. When 2 workers seen that I was…read moreapproaching slowly with a cane. The other worker alert the other worker with my disability. They gave me 2 bins. I got 2 more kitchen size thrash bag left in the car. Coz I could only carry 2 bags with me. When I came back I needed 2 more empty bins but it's hard to pull out the bins when it's 4 to 5 bins are all piled up. The worker seen I was struggling, he did helped me. ***First time I came here, 12/16/2023. When I emptied the thrash bag into the bin. Plastic bottles went all the place I had a hard time picking it up coz I have my cane on my other hand. ***The next customer was a couple I did heard the wife asked her husband to helped me picked them up A guy kind of supervising the lady at the express lane. When the lady handed my receipt. The guy didn't wait till I'm safe out of the way. He did yelled at my face for the next customer. I found it so rude. And no planning on coming back here. But Coz of my disability, I have no choice, this recycle place is close to my house

UPDATE. They don't take any recyclables anymore. The owner recommended a new place to drop off…read morerecycling: Caraustar San Jose Recycling 388 E Alma Ave San Jose I came here two different times. First they said they don't take any electronic or wood recycles, only boxes. Today, they said they no longer take boxes. So this should be taken down.

Note: They have moved! They are on S. 10th St. near Tully, at the back of the Suddath property. I…read moredropped off an old printer and a box of small miscellaneous electronics. The charge was $5 for the printer only. Quick and easy. CALL before you go to make sure someone will be there!

Can-Do Spirit A…read morelocal chain of five recycling centers located throughout the Bay Area, with this one being in SJ's Cambrian neighborhood. Normally, I couldn't care less about saving cans to turn in, but about six months ago I got tired of the old lady who takes the cans from our bin every week, and I decided, "Why don't we start saving them instead of giving away money?" Let's see how that idea turned out: The Good: * Convenient location at the Lunardi's shopping center on Branham & Meridian. * Lots of free parking. * They pay you cash on the barrel-head. No checks, no electronic payments. Just cold hard cash. * Open seven days a week. * Employees were affable enough, even though they seldom look at you, let alone say anything to you. But, I will say, I don't mind dispensing with pleasantries on occasion. The Meh: * Arrived shortly after opening and we still had to wait over an hour to finally turn our cans in. This place is always busy. * Closed between 1 - 1:30 for lunch. The Ugly: * One of the bad things with collecting cans is you have to store them someplace in the meantime, and my garage is only so big and it gets to be a real PiTa after a while. * Now, I'm not saying that they're scamming you, but their method for tracking the weight of all your stuff is very, very suspicious. They just weigh it, but I don't see them log the numbers down on anything. So how they come up with the final weight and dollar amount is a mystery to me, unless the dude handling the scale has a photographic memory. Which is possible. Unlikely, but possible. Conclusion: Well, I've had some pretty hare-brained schemes in the past, but this might be up there. Six months' worth of cans (2 1/2 of their bins full) and we got a measly $20! Hell, it wasn't even $20--$19.85, to be exact. The moral of the story is, if your time is worth more than $20/hr then just leave the can turning in to the old lady.

We've been going to Jado for a while. It's more convenient that other places, plus it's close to…read morehome. Similar to other locations, the aluminum cans are $1.65/lb. On this particular day, on a Monday afternoon, it was quite busy. It is generally in and out and quick. All the times we've been here, we haven't received bad service. They're just doing their job and they do work hard, Be sure to put a tip in their can to show your appreciation. We always do.

Provided a fantastic rate and great experience with copper cable recycling. Genuinely kind people!read more

Best prices in town. Best service. They buy all metals and have a truck scale for quick service.read more

I came here on a weekday afternoon and there were not many people here. There were several staff…read morecasually walking around and after speaking to one of them, I was finally getting helped. He grabbed a couple of bins over to my trunk and told me to unload. A few seconds later, another car drove in and the same worker immediately walked over to help him unload his cans instead. Maybe the guy was a frequent customer but damn, the differential treatment was hella obvious. The worker helped him unload everything and helped him carry everything to the weighing station. It all happened so quick that he even skipped me in line. When I was done unloading, I asked for some help carrying the bins over to the weighing stations (as I saw workers help other people), but I was just told to carry the glass bottle bins myself. Umm sure that would make sense if the other customers small in stature like me too but they were literally men who seemed big enough to not need the help. Regardless, they're nicer if you know Spanish. They're friendlier if you've buddied up with them before. Ironically the workers make it seem like some boy's club catering to their own yet their bosses are Asian. It's too much of a hassle dealing with their behavior that I'd much rather recycle elsewhere next time.

My neighbors and I had missed a week of recycling pick-up in our neighborhood, so I figured I'd…read morejust let it collect for another week then take it elsewhere to get recycled with a little cash in return. Danny's Recycling Center was a sufficient option. The process was quick and fairly easy, though I did need a little bit of instruction since it was my first time here. Luckily there were plenty of staff to help out on a Saturday afternoon. Basically, once you enter, you park in the spaces on the right hand side. Then bring out your recycling and organize your items in large bins (the typical commercial round plastic trash cans) which are provided by staff. Next, they walk the bins to the machine which counts and crushes your recyclables (you can watch it go up the conveyor belt and come out the other side). Afterward, they give you a slip of paper with numbers printed on it, and you take this to the cashier windows across from the machinery where it is exchanged for cash and a receipt to sign (along with a customer copy). It was a very straightforward process. I was paid by weight (per pound) for my aluminum cans, but paid per item for my plastics, probably cuz I had less than 15 bottles. A stress free experience overall.

I bought a few used catalytic converters from here. It was a really unbelievably good price that I…read morejust couldn't pass on. Now my F-250 has 5 catalytic converters. I'm gonna pick up a few more when I get my next paycheck, and get this sucker down to basically zero emissions.

Joe is such an awesome person. Very professional and curteous. I didnt know much about recycling…read moreat first, so the staff enlightened me, so that I could get more for my money if i disassembled the things I had. Thanks so much! That extra money afforded me the opportunity to pay for our camping trip.

Decided to try this recycling place since the other one we went to was a bit difficult to find…read moreparking and the employees just took out items without letting us know what was going on. And after all the bins we filled we only received a little money back due to not clearly communicating with us the separation process. We turned in to this place, there is plenty of parking which is a huge plus compared to the other place. It wasn't clear where to get the large bins to place the recycling items, but a super sweet lady saw I was a bit lost so she told me the bins are in the back. We walked back there, grabbed a few bins back to the car and separated out each type of recyclable. Plastics in one, aluminum cans in another, and glass in another. Then we brought the bins to the employee to weigh the bins. The one working today is super friendly. He put each bin on a different scale. Then indicated to the lady at the stand it was ready for her to take the weight from each bin. She asked for a drivers license and then proceeded to give me a receipt. She was super sweet as well. After we grabbed our receipt, we walked to the ATM area and scanned the bar code on the receipt. The ATM took a little time to process, but soon it popped out the cash and then on top the change. As we were leaving the exit, it was a bit hard to see the cars and many were driving pretty quick so it's harder to leave. Overall, It was a super easy process. We will definitely be back.

Second visit to Radius and the service was just as amazing as my first review. Came on a Monday…read moreafternoon very very busy and James the cashier greeted me with a big smile. Wow! The gentlemen that were weighing and receiving the recycles were pleasant move so efficiently. Great place to recycle

Attentive and helpful staff. Even when it's busy, the lines move quickly and smoothy. Highly…read morerecommended place to recycle. Just make sure the CRV labels aren't off the bottles and cans and to pre-sort to make it easier on everyone especially the hard working staff.

the lady on the phone is slow coudlnt understand I wanted a quote for over 120ft+ of I beamread more