My father passed away a couple years ago and left behind a garage full of tools and broken…read moreappliances that he didn't get around to fixing. As the oldest in the family, it was my responsibility to clear it out. I didn't have the patience nor the time to organize a yard sale, so I searched online for a recycling center. What drew me to Wilmington Recyclers was the fact that they offer 7cents per pound for metal while other places give only 1 cent per pound. Also, compared to other places, they have the most extensive list of items that they will take: ewaste, appliances (large and small), and even car batteries For the metals, they have an in ground scale that weighs the car along with your haul, afterwards, you drop off the metals in a large metal bin, then reweigh you car. There are many different lines for different items, the process can be very overwhelming for a newbie. Robert helped guide us, and walked us through each area. I saw many families turning in their recyclables: a good lesson in reducing waste. FYI: Most staff speak little English, so look for Robert/Roberto if you don't speak Spanish.

They have nice staff and better pricing compared to others, plus they accept more types of…read morerecyclable materials. The smell is also not too bad. However, they recently added a voice recording / answering machine to their phone and nobody answers the calls now. It tells you to press 0 for an operator but then it just disconnects the call.

Efficient Friendly…read moreGood for environment Encourage everyone to recycle their own stuff

After they closed the recycling center in Gardena near Home Depot, I'm glad I found Venture. When…read moreyou shop at Costco and Sam's Club, it's amazing how fast the piles of plastic bottles and aluminum cans piles up. There's only so much microplastic our bodies can store so what to do with the macro portion left over? Sure, I could just dump it in my blue recycling cans, save time, effort, and have people digging through my recycling, dumping the rest of the contents on the street or let the city cash in my hard earned CRV. Nah. The city already takes more than their fair share of my income. The workers at Venture are always friendly and helpful. There is adequate parking and never a shortage of bins to roll over to the scales. The lot is set up so traffic goes one way, making entering and exiting efficient. It is rather grungy but it's a recycling center. I've never seen one that could pass a white glove inspection. Just wear a pair of rubber/vinyl gloves so you don't get gunk on your hands and you'll be fine. There are closer recycling centers closer to home but the guys at Venture make an inconvenient chore into a more pleasant experience.

Been here a few times to to dispose, in an eco-friendly manner, old electronics and paints…read more While most visits have been relatively painless, my most recent this past Saturday was very trying. First off, the entrance line extended about six cars deep into Gaffey street. On top of that, it was literally moving at a snails pace. Every time I have been here prior, and including this visit, there are 3 attendants unloading for you, always asking you to NOT get out of your vehicle. But for some reason, this visit took an exceptionally long time. 45 minutes to be exact from start to finish. I would say, don't go on a Saturday at 11:30 a.m. It's never been that time consuming before so I guess timing is everything...

Efficient. They do a great job getting you in and out fast…read more Friendly, service oriented people there.

Found this place on Yelp when Action Metal Sales across PCH decided to not open at all or close…read moreearly on Halloween Saturday. Wastech is open until 3:00 on Saturdays. The place is relatively clean and seemed pretty organized. They had plenty of baskets for aluminum and rolling trash cans for glass. There was no wait in front of me. They took me immediately. I was in an out in five minutes. They paid $1.83 per pound for my aluminum cans, which I believe is above the state minimum of $1.57 per pound. I got $.105 (10 cents) per pound for my CRV glass- mostly beer bottles. Please note: there is no CRV on wine bottles and other food jars, etc. Those are considered "scrap," and I didn't get any money for them. Just put those in your blue curbside container. You may want to familiarize yourself with the Cal Recycle web page before you stockpile too much recycling at home: http://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/bevcontainer/programinfo/FAQ.htm

This place is rigged, i weighted 40lbs of aluminum cans at home and to my surprise they only paid…read moreme for 15lbs. I didn't realize until came back home and looked a t the receipt and cash the guy hand me. Im so reporting this place.

Location is very close to the school I am subbing at and to close to home. Usually it is not too…read morecrazy busy and they can weigh all your sorted out stuff right away. They are very nice and helpful there. I haven't been too many recycling centers before except the ones next to Albertson's, but I like them because they will help you recycle everything and not leave anything behind unlike Plane Recycle next to Albetson's whose machines are temperamental and will only take perfect bottles and spit out crushed ones (plus I don't think they give you as much as they are worth). G & P has a washing hands container so that is helpful, but after going you need to make sure to take a shower.... All the recycle bins have stuff all sticky in and on it and when they stack them in the end, all that stuff flies in the air and gets on you.

A typical recycling place that has a shipping container and guys that will weigh your items and…read morehelp you get paid. The guys are friendly and quick, and will help you figure out how to sort your recyclables. Just be sure to bring gloves because everything is filthy. Not knocking them, it's just the nature of the business. There's a separate booth that has a slot where they slip you a form to sign and return. Then the money comes out of the slot with your itemized receipt. You can't see inside the booth. It reminds me of pachinko parlors in Japan. In order to not be considered a gambling hall, pachinko parlors usually have a separate booth out back where you can redeem your ticket for cash instead of the cheap prizes inside. At least that's how it was in the 80s. Some other customer noticed that I brought less than a pound of aluminum cans. He just had to tell me I was better off throwing that amount away. Well, shitbird, if you must know, I casually recycle whatever I use and donate the proceeds to my favorite charity. I'm sure those sick kids wouldn't appreciate me throwing away the money. Keep your mouth shut the next time you feel like opining on something that is none of your business. You sound like an idiot.

Unbeatable selection,, great service and decent pricing* I…read moregot some amazing deals from this place * decent pricing on most days but not every day

5 stars without a doubt. Ruben, Barbara, and Bruce were so attentive and friendly. There was no…read morewaiting and the customer service was absolutely wonderful. I left with such a good vibe. On top of all that, the payout was more than fair. As long as they're in business, I'll remain loyal to this place.

I'm with the others who've mentioned the taller guy with the dog. He was great!…read moreI've been really sick since January, so I brought a lot (for my household) 89 soda cans, 30 large juice bottles, plus a handful of small water bottles and glass cider/beer bottles. The nice guy had taught me that if I knew how many of each type I had, they could just pay out for those amounts. That's why I had everything written down on the outside of each bag. The "new guy" told me, "in the bins", and when I tried to explain what I had going, he just talked over me and said, "IN THE BINS MA'AM!". I tried to understand, or get him to explain, such as, was there a new owner? He never answered that instead just said, "limit of 15 for each type". So, I left. He was so rude! I thought the law was that if you pay a 5c deposit on a bottle, you're supposed to get 5c back?!

No more. I tried to…read moreleave this review via my phone and yelp glitched out and the review didn't post, but instead of taking it as a sign to not bother, fired up my laptop to tell you to beware this place. When the former punk rock listening guy (who has the dog) was there, I had no problems. I would usually get at least $8- $12+ for my bi-monthly collection of aluminum cans, glass, and plastic water bottles. The last time I went to this location, the punk rock guy was gone and there were three new guys there and I only got less than $5. I went back today at 3pm hoping that maybe the dog owning guy was back but I think he's gone. The three guys were there. There were several orange-fence bins full of drinking water bottles in front of the pay-out stand as if they had been abandoned by other angry customers. The employees were arguing with the person in front of me because the customer wasn't able to see the screen for the scale and so there was no way for the customer to verify the weight. They watched me take two full over-sized garbage bags out of my trunk and pour each of them into a fence-bin. Then as soon as they finished with the customer in front of me, said they needed to close for about an hour and were done paying out "for now". It was already 3pm and the place closes at 4 anyways. I said I was leaving and they responded rudely "okay bye" but yelled at me when I took the two bins of *my* recycling back towards my car, so I could just dump everything into my trunk to re-sort at home later for another place (as they had watched me empty and discard my original trash bags, I think they were expecting me to just leave the CRV recycling in their bins). As I was dumping the bins directly into my trunk, they told another customer [I'm] "always crazy like that." Wow. This is only the second time I've interacted with them, and though I suspect I was not paid fairly the first time, I never said anything to them about that. Way to disrespect me in front of my community members. I would rather just give my "CRV money" to the city of Torrance by putting my cans and bottles directly in the curb-pick up bin then deal with the current people who work there.

Well since I'm a tree hugger and doing my good deed by bringing recycling today to Los Angeles…read more AS OF 2/27/23 There is overnight street parking available. Hours of operation are from 7am to 7pm. They will not take you early for your appointment because they are waiting on empty storage containers to load with your load. The staff is very friendly and professional. There is a scale check when you enter and the 3 docks are very tight. But mostly a straight back. Overall this is a 3 because it just takes a long time to unload. Maybe 3 hours to plan accordingly. Also you need to bring a broom to sweep your trailer. An absolute true dump here. The phone # (424) 264-5488 if you need anything.