I completely stumbled upon Bottle Junction by pure luck. I was waiting at the light near Brighton…read moreand Colvin, heading towards the grocery store to return bottles and shop when I saw the business and decided to stop in. I am so glad that I did! This place is amazing. Forget the dirty, messy machines that constantly jam up and reject bottles at the grocery store. Forget going to other places of business and sorting your own bottles on the counter for return. Bottle Junction is an entirely different world! (How did I not know that this exists prior to this weekend?!) When you walk in, you're greeted by friendly staff who not only ask how your day is, but also offer to help unload totes and bags of bottles from your car. They also help you load them up on the counter in the store. Once everything is on the counter, they do all of the sorting for you! You just stand back, watch the magic happen, and wait until it's time to collect your refund. Easy peasy! I'm a huge fan of Bottle Junction and look forward to returning for all of my future bottle return needs. I hope that you'll also try it out and help keep this amazing local business up and running!

Easy, easy! Just bring in your returnables and upend them on the rubber platform (leave the glass…read morebottles in their cardboard pack), and the very pleasant staff does the the rest, sorting as they go. No feeding sticky cans/bottles Into a grumpy machine, & you walk out with a wad of cash! I took off one star for the front door. it's heavy & hard to push open, especially when both arms are full of returnables. Automate it, already.

Quarterly pilgrimage to drop bottles off. Just love these guys for what they do. Always ask you to…read morestay in car while they hustle to get your money back. Easy peezy

Super nasty old lady wanting you to guess where to pull up and park. No lines in the parking lot…read moreso I parked nest to a parked car. Old nasty lady, who doesn't know how to be polite to people, came out spouting directions which could be aleaveated by some lines in parking lot. Second lady was very nice

Can return places are pretty generic, but what I love about this place is how much they give back!…read moreThey have take what you need clothing shoes and toy areas, and have a way to easily donate to the nickel city food pantry. The ladies were super pleasant and patient even though I brought in 20 bags of bottles and cans. Good value for your can as usual, and it's quick service. Seems correct enough but if you're worried like a preview reviewer about the count I guess count them yourself first. I'll only take my cans here

The staff here are always friendly, courteous, fast and efficient. What's more, Nickels offers free…read moreitems for the taking: toys, clothing, books, foodstuffs, etc. It's always a pleasure to do business with them. (I don't know why, next to my name, it says San Francisco, CA, because I'm based in Buffalo, NY!)

I've been here twice and both times the employee I interacted with was friendly and helpful…read more How it works: There are two machines, one takes plastic and cans, the other takes plastic, cans and glass. The machines allow you to dump recyclables in which is nice, but every time I've been, there's been a line of people with a gazillion recyclables. The machines aren't perfect either, and sometimes they reject things that are worth 5 cents so you have to bring those to get manually counted. There's also people who try to recycle things that obviously don't have a deposit (milk jugs, Gatorade bottles), so this also slows down the line. Tip: I recommend bringing someone with you to help unload your car and load the machines because there are no carts.

Totally changed model. Now walking in there are 2 self serve areas. This is sort of ok, if you…read moreenter while empty and have a mask. But I didn't. I went when there were 2 other people. And they only have 2 self serve areas. So that's annoying. And one of the people kept going to his car for more bottles. All without a mask. So super annoying. I left. I didn't turn in my bottles. But the SLOOOOOONESSSS and the lack of MASK requirement in these Covid ripe times? Yeah. Not worth it. Sad. Was an easy place to drop off bottles. Now? Not so much. Update 152 2021

This place has been remodeled. Not an improvement. One machine for everyone to use. And some…read morepeople come in with hundreds of cans. Holy cow. Very poorly organized now.

The place is closed for winter yet Yelp says open until 6:00 PM…read more Just drove all the way here for nothing

Just up the street from Howling Rooster is this Cash for Cans place. Similar to barber shops these…read moreseem to be popping up all over the place. Must be a lot of cans. It has easy parking and I was in and out quickly. I didn't have tons, unlike another, and they took me quickly in between. I assume to keep it moving along. A-OK

A great bottle return with a twist on the inside very unique. Very clean fast and great help every…read moretime you go in. If you want great service and a bit of the past come to Buds bottle return on French and take a few pictures while your there!

Very rarely would I associate a bottle and can redemption with cleanliness, efficiency, and…read morewonderful customer service, but Bud's Bottle Barn has all of that and more. You can't miss this place! Located in Depew, it boasts a barn-like facade and a sizeable parking lot. Lots of spaces up front so taking your bottles and cans in is made even easier. Inside, it's eclectically decorated and full of fun knick-knacks, so you'll have plenty to look at while you wait. And the most surprising thing: it is pristinely clean! No nasty smells or gross sights. The employees here are top-notch, too. They are very kind and accommodating -- if you need any help bringing your cans in, they'll give you a hand. And they're super fast-moving as well. I could never keep the numbers straight in my head, so I give them props for being so good at mental math! If you find yourself with a bunch of bottles and cans to trade in for some nice cash, I'd highly suggest coming to Bud's Bottle Barn. You can't beat the service!