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

I'm happy to find this bottle return location! The staff was friendly and super fast at sorting…read more Just go in and pour your cans and bottles onto the table, then the staff works their magic to sort and count everything. They make it very easy. This is so much more convenient than the machines at the grocery stores! It does have that strong stale-beer smell but that is probably inevitable, and it feels pretty clean inside and is well-lit. The parking lot is small and not well marked (I'm not sure where the spaces are intended to be?) but easy to access.

I came here for the first time. I don't think it's been here long…read more It's on a small corner of Elmwood & Wabash. It's nice & clean inside. It smells clean inside, which is a big time switch from anywhere I've ever returned my empty bottles & cans. The owner was very nice . It only took about 2 minutes to count out all of my empties & give me the $$. This definitely beats going to Tops & waiting in the vestibule for an hour, waiting for a machine to open up, since that old man is there with his 2 shopping carts full of empties, meanwhile 3 machines aren't even working & by the time you finally make to the machine, it's FULL & u have to wait 20 minutes to get an employee to empty it. Nevermind all the bees in those things in the summertime. I'll pass ! From now on, I'm coming here.

Had a VERY unpleasant experience at this business. Came here to return quite a few cans, as soon as…read morei even walked through the door, the young man behind the counter was not welcoming at all and in fact rather rude and had an attitude problem stating that they close soon. In the middle of me unloading my cans into the machine he disables the machine and kicks me out saying we're closed, talking aggressively being an asshole for no reason. I never came off ignorant or disrespectful. I advise people to stay away from a business who VERY POORLY treats the customers willing to support them. STAY AWAY, and if the owners read this, I hope this employee has a short stay because I hope nobody else is treated that way.

I went to return a couple bags of bottles. I walked in and saw one machine down (boxes stacked on…read moreit) & the other one running with NOTHING in it. I asked the employee, is this machine being used, he snapped back, Yes it's being used with a pissed off look on his face! I then asked is the other machine with the boxes stacked on top of it working, he again snapped very rudely, NO with the same pissed off look! I've been going to this recycling center since it opened and never had an issue until I had the misfortune of encountering this employee and his BAD attitude. If you don't like your job, get another one. Don't subject patrons to your attitude because you're miserable. I'll be taking my recycling to another center from now on.

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!)

They give out 6 cents per can.. ooh I'm going to be a regular patron for now on. They were fast and…read morevery convenient.

My brother has been trying to get me to bring my empties back here instead of my usual because they…read moreoffer $ .06 per bottle and can returned instead of just $.05 . There's only enough room for two people to be taken care of at a time and it's quite small in there. The whole entire place smells like stale beer so that's kind of nasty and the employees didn't seem to speak English, but getting six cents per bottle and it was pretty nice. If you're bringing in a lot of empties, that extra penny makes it nice difference. They took care of me pretty fast. They don't take their time in there. They get the job done. There are carts inside they can bring outside to grab all your empties and then bring them in. If I'm coming down in that area again, I will definitely grab my empties again and bring them down.

Open only a few days I think is the new recycling place on Commonwealth just by Hertel. Street…read moreparking in front. It's a smaller space than the one just up the road. But always nice to have choices. And there seem to be an unending supply of cans for these places.