I recently encouraged my young son to collect aluminum for money. Once he filled a 30 gal container…read morewith crushed cans, we took his haul to what has to be the most expensive real estate in Austin in AM&I. On our first visit, the window gave him a $5 bill (a paltry 41¢/lb @ 12 lbs); however, our second visit yielded $4.92 paid in EXACT CHANGE! It was then that I learned another nearby recycler offered 50% more per pound, and have been traveling to Brown Ln ever since.

Terrible location and setup, but they pay WAAAY more than GreenGuy which screwed me out of…read morethousands on aluminum rims

This place does not recycle wood !! They turned me down because I had some cedar fence panels told…read moreme come back the next they without them . Spend 2 hours taking out all the pressure treated lumber only to get rejected again from a different guy . They only want the cedar pickets and nothing else ! Then don't call yourself "wood" it's only cedar !

I cannot say enough about the customer service I received from Austin Wood Recycling! Thank you to…read moreRick and his team for helping out a non-profit and some volunteers in a pinch.

Great place to recycle! So grateful to have learned about this place. I did some spring cleaning…read moreand recycled some clothing. (I meant to bring cardboard as well but forgot). It's very easy to make an appointment online or by phone! An appointment is need before drop off. It look less than 5 minutes to hand my things of and the workers there were very friendly!

Useful every time I go, thanks for the free mulch, and taking unwanted items for a better purpose.read more

Green Guy Recycling is a great place to go for your Recycling needs. The staff is very friendly and…read morehelpful. The website is very informative. The location of the Recycling center is in a good location. Hours are perfect. Worth checking out when you need a place to go for your Recycling needs.

I recently had the privilege of doing difficult business with Tommy at Green Guy Recycling. The…read moreexperience can be characterized by integrity at it's best. I experienced professionalism, courtesy, competency, accountability and more. This business checks all the boxes for me. It is locally owned, delivers high quality customer service, and services out environment. I cannot recommend more highly. Dr. Judith Thompson, New Braunfels

If I could give them ZERO stars I would! We have utilized their shredding service for a while…read morenow. So why one star if we've been doing business for a while? Because they apparently don't use modern technology like calendars and phones. All is great as long as you don't need them to pick up the full bin. If you do, be prepared to get ghosted on the appointed day/time. Not just once but over and over again. This is where a calendar would come in really handy! They NEVER call you to tell you the schedule changed, or the driver is late or give you what ever (likely flimsy) excuse they have for not showing up. They must not have reliable phones! I would recommend this company to no one who needs reliable service. Look elsewhere.

I suppose now is as good a time as any to reveal I've begun an internship at a nonprofit group…read moredowntown; I was offered the position because I'm friends with the person who runs the office for the chairman, my friend "L". L knows that with my B.A. in Political Science, paired with a keen understanding of politics, and my ability to get things done, I should be going places if I stick with it. What do I do exactly? Basically, I'm L's bitch. It's "The Devil Wears Prada", except instead of being sent to glamorous boutiques and tony restaurants, I'm sent to such exotic locales as the Chuy's off Barton Springs and the downtown post office to buy stamp coils. Here's where Balcones Recycling comes into play. Since everyone's so busy on a day-to-day basis, it appears that the cans of La Croix and bottles of Dublin Dr. Pepper in our kitchen have been accumulating I'd say, in a rough estimate, since April of Way Too Long Ago. Additionally, there was more untouched paper recycling in both the kitchen and the copy room than I believe there was actual paper stock. Apparently, the attorney in our office was about to lose his shiat because of the mess, and I was assigned the task of getting rid of the junk. This is absolutely not a problem. When I get going on deep cleaning and/or organizational kicks, I get on a roll and I won't stop until everything is perfect; my OCD is a powerful force I only unleash to do good. I wanted the crap out ASAP myself. I found a website online that listed nearby recycling centers, and while a tad confusing about who accepted what items, I figured Balcones would be my best shot. I asked L if they paid for cans, and she said she wasn't sure but if they did, I could keep the money as a tip. All 75 cents of it, I was guessing. Score. The drive into East Austin always makes me nervous, and this time was no exception. I found the location with ease, but all the parking spaces were full. Large 18-wheelers are constantly moving and out, and there is no signage about where one would drop off recyclables. I "creatively" parked and popped inside the office, where a friendly girl behind the desk explained there is a white dumpster just across the way that I could toss everything into. I thanked her, even though I was bummed I wouldn't be paid for my monstrous bag of cans. Nervously, I threw everything away as I prayed Kar would not be crushed by those damn trucks driving everywhere. The dumpster said "paper and cardboard only", so I double checked with the nearest guy standing around and he said I could go ahead and toss the cans in, too. Works for me As I left by narrowly escaping another incoming 18-wheeler, I felt proud of myself. I realized that I had just done my part to help maintain a sustainable environment for us, for our children, and for our beloved Planet Earth. Plus, L said I had to. 3 Stars.

I strongly support their mission and values but as a customer am unfortunately pretty dissatisfied…read morewith the service. I really wish they would tighten up their business operations and be more organized. I've had the service at two different addresses. At the first one I constantly had problems with my bucket not being picked up because I lived on a back unit and somehow my pedaller would forget or not look out very closely for my bucket or an alternate pedaller was not aware that I was on the back of the lot. It grew frustrating enough that I was even mildly relieved to find out my new apt was outside their coverage area. Fast forward a few years and I've resumed service and my experience has become equally frustrating. One week our whole bucket was taken for no reason. For a weekly service that involves keeping a bunch of food scraps, gaps in service are pretty inconvenient. When I contacted them about the missing bucket they promised to bring a new one the next week and then informed me that my pickup date had actually been moved to a different date about 3 weeks ago (though how my bucket managed to get picked up the previous week on the old day I have no idea). I didn't receive any notification about this date change whatsoever. Finally for the July 4th holiday I didn't receive any notification about whether the holiday affected pick up service and clearly it did because my bucket was not picked up and I have no idea if there was an alternate day. When everything goes smoothly the service is super convenient and wonderful but when the service becomes consistently trouble filled it's becoming more of a headache than it's worth it. I'm sad to have to leave such a negative review because I was ecstatic when I first found out about Compost Pedallers. There is definitely a niche that they fill, but the service had been so dissatisfying. Others small things too like how the list of what's compostable on the website is so inconvenient to read and it's not easy to quickly search for specific items. It's all just a home grown service I get it but I really wish they would polish up and run this business better.

I really love the ideas behind the Compost Pedallers, and I was excited to join in and be a part of…read morea community that supports greener waste disposal. But I have found these guys to be inconsistent and ultimately undependable in regards to pick up. I understand that these are just local folks on bikes, and that they're subject to weather and other unpredictable factors, but essentially, if you are charging people for services, then you're running a business. And if you're running a business, you need to make sure you provide the services your customers are expecting. I've had missed pickups due to bicycle mechanical issues as well as weather (rain). In these cases, I feel CP should make efforts to reschedule an alternate pickup on a different day that week. (I don't live in a home with a yard, and so holding on to a bucket of compost for another week (one time 3!) is not as feasible for me as it might be for others.) They did refund me a week's worth of fees once, however, I'd be much more excited about this company if they could improve their pick up reliability.

I truly hope you never need their services for the same reason I did, but if you find yourself…read moreneeding to clear out a home or have some junk you need to declutter from you own home, I can't recommend this company ENOUGH. I found them after a competitor failed to deliver on their promises, leaving me high and dry but these guys were on time, professional and efficient. In the two hours it took for them to clear everything out they never even stopped to take a break. The constable overseeing the project did not think it would be completed in the time allotted, but they did with time to spare.

Awesome thrift store! Great prices and a lot of cool stuff. Got one of my favorite dresses EVER at…read morethis place, and they have coffee and a drink cooler