My recommendation is just know what to do before you go. Otherwise, service is fast and easy. 1. Park in the lot and get the grey trash pins from the pile. 2. Sort out aluminum, glass, plastic at your car. 3. Once you're done sorting, get in line with your bins at the garage area. Someone will get them and weigh them. Then give you a paper. 4. Bring paper to register window and get your money! read more

Quality Recycling - Turned in these for $30 - Recycling Center Near Me - Poway, California

It's a bit intimidating coming here. You have all walks of life and as a first timer, I had no idea what to do because there are no instructions. I just observed and followed others. For the most part, people seem to be in a rush and everyone was working so fast. The first thing you want to do is to get a close parking spot and reverse your car in. Find a trash bin to bring to your car and dump all your recyclables in the bin. Tips: -make sure your aluminum, glass and plastic are separated. It'll save time. -reverse park into the parking stalls -go grab an empty trash can -poor your recyclables into the bin -stand in line, they pour the items in your trash bin into a wire bin, then weigh it, give you a receipt and you redeem it at the window for cash -bring and wear disposable gloves because the trash bins and recyclables are sticky -don't wear your best clothes or shoes. Even the floors are sticky. *You must have your items in the trash bin when you're in line. Otherwise you'll be kicked of line and go to the back. This happened to me because they were out of trash bins. I had to wait for an empty one from someone else. There are other items on the list to recycle. I was able to get $38 with 3 full trash bags of cans, bottles and glass. read more

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Their services are great. Thank you so much. They are reliable, rain or shine. They are honest and passionate to serve customers. read more

I went to this place since it was close to my apartment. It was easy and quick to use their service to exchange my CA CRV recyclables for cash. read more

First visit to this center. I don't know how busy this place gets but I was able to drive right in and get one of the parking spots. Pretty straightforward if you have all of your items separated. Just grab as many of the trashcans as you need and start filling them up. Drag them over to the area where they weigh them. I had about 8 trash cans of plastic bottles so they transferred those into a couple of the taller rolling cages for weighing. They give you a receipt and you take that to the cashier, give them your ID to scan, and they pay you in cash. read more

Thought we'd try a new/different place to recycle our glass and plastic bottles and cans so I found this one in Poway. It's located near the Best Western, car maintenance places and not far from Lowe's. We pulled up with the car in one of several parking spaces. Having never been there before, we weren't sure how it went exactly, (and the guy wasn't about to tell us) but we gathered we had to 'self serve' and pour each of our recycling categories into different (sticky) bins. The guy comes and takes your bin, goes inside and I assume weighs them. You then go to the kiosk window, get a receipt and your cash. The guy doesn't say much, so don't expect much. Glad to have the option in the area. read more

Quality Recycling - Sticky bins for self-serve filling. - Recycling Center Near Me - Poway, California

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Service was fine, but they're proud Trump supporters with Trump fake currency campaign merch plastered right on their service window so I'll find another spot to turn in my recycling in the future. read more

I go there only because they are the closest to my house not because it's a good place but for convenience.The people there are rude it's a dirty place noisy and a haven for our homeless I'd say if they left town it would only be an improvement read more

This is a pretty quick recycling center. They provide you with the bins and try and get all the recycling sorted as quick as possible. They go through it pretty quick and throw out stuff that are not recyclable. It is loud there so staff does not say much. They get you in and out as soon as possible. The bins are going to be dirty. Everything is weighed. Overall good experience and quick service. read more

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Always fast service and quick cash but they could use a power wash of their bins once in a while. No hand sanitizer when I went this time. Otherwise usually enough parking and staff to get in and out of there quickly and easily. read more

Will not accept certain recyclable items despite being listed. Service time wildly varies. Very few parking spots. Hard to find bins to use. read more

Juan helped me today, very courteous and helpful! He explained what went were and is very nice

Ever since I work in Poway these guys are my go-to. Such nice and polite gents. Always helping and it's super fast service. This country needs more workers like these folks! read more

For Newbies it might be a bit difficult to know what to do. But it's pretty simple once you watch other people enough. Separate the Bottles and Cans, place them inside the trash cans. And wait your turn to be helped. I do recommend, bring some disposable gloves. But other than that. I really enjoyed it. read more

This is a great place for recycling your plastic bottles,soda cans we use it once in a while and get a little bit of money from our recycling. read more

They are fast and reliable recycle. They have a small parking lot. Average wait is about 5-10 minutes on a good day :) read more

Love this business. I've been coming for years and they are always helpful & efficient. read more

I had about 6 to 7 bags of recycled. One bag was a mixed plastic in aluminum. I told the person that I needed to separate them and they said they don't accept me separating them there. I said I will do it myself. Well they said due to Covid from years previous the owner does not allow that so as I got back in my vehicle, I watched another family separate their plastic from aluminum. I had heard her say because they were a family as I watched... under my circumstances, I wish I could've been treated the same way. read more

Best RECYCLING CENTER in the area for sure i dont waste my time anywhere else its always quick and hassle free they pay more than the other recycling centers around the area (carmel mtn/ poway) The staff is friendly & helpful and what i like the most is that if u show up right before they close they dont make u put all ur stuff back in ur car and say theyre closed 15 mins early like other places around carmelmtn *coughs* (behind ralphs)*coughs*AGAIN read more

Not sure how it works, but they only gave me 0.45/lb for my aluminum wheels (barrels only) --- I got $25 for 55lbs of aluminum. Funny.... $5400 wheels (I just needed the middle spokes) getting $25 recycling for the barrels. LOL. Saaaaaaaaaad, read more

Casidrio always provides great service! Always quick and efficient. First place in a long time that doesn't take a long time. The guys that works are always very helpful. read more

They lie about their glass values. Sold about 14-16 glass bottles that each one should weigh about half a pound. The sign says about $1 per pound. I was supposed to be worth about $8. They only handed me $1.40 for the bottles. This is utter theft! read more

If you have done recycling consistently you know that not all recycle centers are are the same. Most are staffed by people that don't want to be there. The staff at Quality Recycling are helpful and get you through the process quickly and efficiently. It is a comfortable atmosphere seems that most of the clients are happy to have the service. I drive a little out-of-my-way to them because of the service! I recommend them and will always go back in the future. read more

I was dreading going here because we had about 9 bags of recyclables. Pleasantly surprised by the speed at which they were able to process people's recyclables. Caveat: you're responsible for sorting your items (cans, plastics, glass). If you come prepared, you'll have no problems. Can't really comment on what they pay for the recyclables - we were just glad to finally get it out of our yard since it's been collecting :) read more

They close early - so plan accordingly. I've been there numerous times and have never interacted with a single person who works there.

I always have a good experience, but watch out they don't short change you I have gone back several times and they did not pay me correctly for what I brought in. Yesterday, they emptied a half can of cans before I had it weighted, but reviewed the camera and said I was right. read more

They are a rip off and they are rude very unfriendly I had a lot of metal and they didn't give me the metal prices that are actual prices of today they read me out for about $30 read more

Quality Recycling - This is the weight guy's name Gonzalez Samuel - Recycling Center Near Me - Poway, California

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Amazing place! Great service :) more people should come here to drop off their recyclables

We got paid more here then the recycling center in Kearney Mesa. The workers here have always been helpful and they take more items then kearny Mesa did ie they take the sunny d bottles where Kearney Mesa did not because they aren't "clear". We took the same amount to Kearney Mesa and got twice as much from quality recycling in Poway read more

I have been going here for while now and have always had such a welcoming experience. Noah is usually the one that makes himself available to help me. He is super friendly and always goes the extra mile to help me out. Thank you Noah! You're the best! I hope you get a huge raise, you deserve it!! read more

Ever since Re-Planet near my house closed, I have had to make the trek to Poway. The parking lot is shared with an auto shop and is pretty tiny. The only cons are that some folks show up with 15 giant plastic bags of recycling and spend a long time sorting them out into the bins. For those who have less recycling stuff, have presorted, and want to get out ASAP, it can be frustrating when the people who take ages to sort all of their recyclables take up all the parking spaces. As any recycling place is, the trash cans used to sort things out are covered in a layer of old soda/juice/beer grime. The pros outweigh the cons, though- if you have a few trash bags of recyclables and manage to snag parking, you will be in and out under 10 minutes, which is MUCH faster than camping out at the rePlanet, which was only staffed by one hardworking guy who I hope is enjoying retirement now. read more

First time here since Quality Recycling in Peñasquitos closed. Best yet is they pay out cash rather than a receipt you take to Vons to cash. Fast, efficient and a good place for getting money for your cans and bottles. Will definitely go here again. read more

Keeping things short and sweet: -Great service: team of hard working staff are very patient and help sort out plastics, aluminum cans -very quick and efficient in the process of sorting, weighing and reimbursement -Located conveniently in the heart of Poway, close to car dealerships and shops In summary the best service around for recycling I've ever experienced read more

Quality Recycling - Quality Recycling Poway - Recycling Center Near Me - Poway, California

It has been difficult to find a recycling center near my home. The one I use to go to shut down so I've been hoarding my plastics for quite sometime. Luckily I finally found this place. When I first arrived there were soooo many people....it was packed! I definitely I thought I'd be there for hours. I'm not usually wrong but this time, so glad I was. I was in and out within 30 mins. This place is fast, efficient and very friendly. So happy I found a new recycling place!!! read more

Worse return for the recycle. I had 900 plastic bottles to recycle. I think I received less than 2/3 of what I expected. They might need to calibrate the scales for the metal container they use to weigh the bottles. And also close the gaps, so that bottles don't fall out before taking to scale. The only plus was the in and out speed as compared to other centers I've been to. I will probably still go there for convenience but will feel short changed. read more

I was very upset when the recycling center I had been going to for several years closed down. I discovered Quality Recycling about a year ago. I absolutely love them. The line is short, the service is quick, helpful and courteous. A well oiled machine. Great job you guys. read more

We've taken broken-down cardboard boxes here a few times now. It's busy, but we've never had to wait and the guys there are helpful. Recycling cardboard is free, which is great. We haven't recycled any products for which we would get paid, so can't speak to those services. read more

Came here to throw away a large sized amount of cardboard boxes that would take weeks of throwing away if I were to cut them down and place into my own recycling trash bin. Filled up the back of my truck and dropped it off easily onto their driveway. Unfortunately, there was no redemption value just environmental green points instead read more

If I could give this place 10 stars I would. The reason for it is the staff! Everyone super friendly and helpful! Each and over guy hustles and work hard! I appreciate them for all that they do! Keep working hard! read more

Worst costumer service, they are rude. Came with lots of recycle and the didn't weight all of my cans saying it wasn't mine and they were someone else. I was in shocked that I forgot to get the guys name. Never coming back even if this was the closest to home. read more