Depending on day/time in/out fairly quick. Line up on west side of street til they motion vehicles in. But be very careful of traffic both directions zooming by, Especially the nearby intersection. Bag them good and don't mix! read more

I think this is the only recycling center in Gilroy. They do their best to get the line of cars in and out. You are better off walking in your cans or bottles of possible. The workers are helpful for the most part. The people working behind the counter aren't the most friendly, but are not rude. read more

Could be setup better. More signage about drop off procedure. The gentleman kept yelling at ne in Spanish, but I don't know Spanish. It just needs better organization, especially for new people. read more

These guys are efficient and polite. I like to watch my weights and add them up and they are always on point.

I recycle glass, plastic and aluminum and know exactly how much money to anticipate before I arrive at a recycling center. I went to martins today with 6 large garbage cans full of wine bottles. There are approximately 60 bottles per can. I also brought two garbage cans full of aluminum which hold approximately 180 can each. I also brought two garbage cans full of plastic bottles which hold approximately 120 bottles each. The grand total of my recycling efforts was $33. Does that sound correct? Not at all. I called them on it and they insisted that was the total. I was ripped off and won't be back. It's now August 8 and I went to Story Rd recycling and brought three garbage cans full of glass, 1.5 garbage cans of aluminum and 1.5 garbage cans full of plastic. They paid me $46. As I mentioned earlier, Martins Recycling is a complete rip off and they should be investigated. read more

Yeah it's sorta like charging your car - you gotta look for the line and that line is across the street from the entrance. There is a stop sign in front of the entrance because they only let a few cars in at a time, get them out and then let more in. A guy will come to the entrance and wave you in when they are ready. It was pretty quick after that. We are just home recyclers recycling our 5 pounds of cans so I don't think I would do that again. We got about $3. Im sure it is worth it if you have a lot more than us. read more

It's basically the only place in town. It's a small place and most of the time it's a wait to get in there. Overall, it's not too bad except for the wait. read more

Alittle bit of a wait but once in,processing was fairly quick. Plus a little snack bar for refreshments!

Just dropped off what we calculated to be 60-70$ worth of glass, aluminum, and plastic. They calculated that it was worth 33$ for it all. Definitely feel ripped off, will be making the extra trip to story road recyclers because they provided a itemized receipt with the weights of everything. read more

I am so glad this people are here in Gilroy. There is almost no more recycling left for us to take our recycling material

I've been here several times over the years. I average 2-4 times a year. The owner must treat his employees pretty good... two of his staff have been with him since I started coming here, says a lot. The staff are nice and helpful always offering to assist with removing my recycling bags. They pay decent... There are places that pay better, but it's close to home. With social distancing in place, they only allowed two vehicles in at a time; this a line outside on the main road waiting to come in. It's nice to see they're taking safety measures seriously. FYI .. if you are not here when the doors open, you're looking at about a half hour wait, minimum read more

Long line to get in but they have it controlled letting cars in and out. If you have your recycles sorted it goes very quick once you are in and the gentlemen working inside are very helpful which makes the process go quickly! read more

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Nice services but just super slow. Be prepare spend more than hour waiting time . They do pretty good traffics control tho,

I want to sell my recycle and they owner there was paying me less than $1.00 pound of plastics even if u. See him do the calculations make yours too because he steels too.not only that woman he does too so bé CAREFULL .this is not the first time and don't sign that paper until he writes the balance too.keep ur eyes open this was awful. I cant believe how they do that....bad place to come and get steel from. read more

Extremely nice people. Good system keeps it flowing. Will go back. There is a line on the street but it does move pretty good

This place is a rip off I took a truck bed of cans and got $37 never going back. Had to wait inline for an hr and was a waist of time

DO NOT STOP AT THIS PLACE FOR RECYCLING. There's one next door pays better too! If I can rate this place a ZERO I would! This is unfortunate because I have been doing business with them for over 8 years now. But do to one Male called Angy or angel, a short old Mexican guy, with the worst attitude, I will never stop here again. We accidentally waited and parked on the wrong side of the street and two cars were ahead of my mom and I. By the time we found out there was other cars behind us so we didn't want to move. Other cars They went ahead in order and when it was our turn the guy started to yell at my mom that he would not allow us in. No he wasn't reasonable, he wasn't speaking, he was utterly yelling at us. Eventually they let us through as someone else attended us. She mentioned that they always have problems with this same rep but because he has been working there for 7 years the owner rather keep him than have recurring business. The owner came in and I was explaining to him the situation but I admit I was so pissed off over the fact that employees are just allowed to treat customers rudely as he went all off at my mom for being next in line. The owner who I cannot express more did not give one flying shit of the situation. Nothing was resolved the owner asked for the employee to give us an apology. He refused and said I will not apologize to women. Like WTF? The situation is so stupid and it all because the recycling man didn't want to let us go next and started yelling at us to loop around and move back in line. I have never came across such a small minded person in my entire life. He wished us the worst and idk the else he was ranting off lol . It's disappointing to see an elder worker treat another person so poorly. We're all people at the end of the day. My mom has high blood pressure so it was not helpful at all. Especially during such hard times that everyone is going through. But peace to his heart and my friends and family will take our business elsewhere. I have reported them to the business bureaus and have contacted lawyers as I informed the owner! read more

the staff gives favors and lets people cut in line while there are 10 cars waiting in line

If I can give 0 stars I would. Extremely rude service. My mom decided to walk in her cans and the lady attending tells her "we aren't going to take your recycling because we know you have a car, we already know the people that don't have cars so if you want us to take your recycling you have to come in with your car". What the?? Never have I ever heard that you can't services because you decided to walk in instead of driving up. And this isn't a COVID thing because there was other people walking up. read more

My kids took a truck bed of cans down there. They don't show you the weight on the scale. If you ever go there, ask them to show you the weight of the cans wider on the scale. That way you don't get ripped off like we did. Not going back there. There's other recyclers in Gilroy that are much better. read more

I suggest you go during the week because the wait time is an hr or more in the weekend. It's worth it because they are very helpful and I get the best monetary return here. read more

Well, I waited 30 minutes in a long line of cars to be told its cash only for e-waste and sent away. I called ahead of time to let them know what we were bringing in and to confirm the price and the person on the phone never mentioned it. I suppose it's my fault for not asking ahead of time...but I would have thought a sign would have been posted somewhere at their location, or on their website...or possibly even when I called and asked they could have mentioned it. Just be prepared to wait a long time and bring cash if you're dropping off e-waste read more

Great fast service! Was in and out of there within 15 min! Drive in , dump out your cans in bins and get your money, so easy!!i have 4 kids so this place was very convenient for me because they work fast and didn't need to take my kids out of the van!!! read more

Long lines in the morning, otherwise a good place. Better than driving to San Jose Plan your trip accordingly.

It's twelve noon on a Saturday and they are closed. They should change their advertised days and hours.

False advertising! I drove in to drop off some cardboard and was refused because "cardboard doesn't have value anymore". If he was any nicer I would've paid him to just take it. Call in advanced to make sure they take your stuff. Whoever managed their site clearly isn't doing their job or they left him too because they didn't wanna work for him anymore. read more

Martin's Recycling is the best. They're fast and efficient. I had previously gone to Pacific Coast Recycling and had the worst experience ever! Go to Martin's and stay away from Pacific Coast!! read more

Open early and easy to find. They have guys to help and fast service. It's a little tight space but what do you expect for a recycling center. Definitely recommend recycling at Martins. We got what we expected for our cans and bottles. read more

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Went here to drop off some cardboard to be recycled, but they were going to charge me $10 and they didn't want to take the batteries I had. I didn't even ask about my ink cartridges. I now have to find another place to go. read more

Horrible service. First time coming to this place. We asked the guys a couple of questions of where to unload our bags of plastic and they completely ignored us. Then, I started unloading them and they got upset that we put them in a place where we weren't supposed to. Decided to leave and go to another place next to it by the way much better service. Before we left these men talked about how we would come back to them. No thanks so we left. If you can avoid this place. Just awful men and awful service! read more

The website says "Free Drop Off" but thats false advertising. Thankfully I called before I dropped by. Computers, and televisions are free drop off (because they might have useful parts, or could be refurbished and resold by whoever they deal with). However, Printers, VCR's, DVD players, network switches, anything other then a computer or TV has a FIVE DOLLAR PER ITEM CHARGE FOR DROP OFF. The City of Los Angeles takes all e waste for free no matter what it is. No thank you, I don't need to do business with you. Here's where you can drop off your e waste for free in Los Angeles this place is a scam https://www.lacitysan.org/cs/groups/public/documents/document/y250/mdew/~edisp/cnt010031.pdf read more

In & out quick everytime and a decent return for my cans & plastic bottles. They also accept scrap metal, washers and even old water heaters although they dont pay you for these. I think they charged me $10 to take an old dishwasher off my hands once. read more

I just left this place. The employees at this place were helpful and friendly. Very honest and efficient. There are other recycling in Gilroy where they are closer to my home but I would prefer to come here. read more

very efficient and they pay well. They also pay more for scrap aluminum and eclectic wire than other recycling in town