Same guy every time. Has a FANTASTIC, can-do attitude and was extremely kind while I sorted the one…read morebag that was not pre sorted. Definitely deserves a raise! Kept the line going and was VERY QUICK to weigh the material and get us in and out! Sometimes ** the line can be long so you should bring a book to read or something. Cashier sounded nice too through the window I could not see through. Haha. I found an ID and left it with her though. See y'all next time for my plastic and glass and aluminum buy backs! Hello 5Cent CRV. (Although it's by pound, see photo)

What service? Extremely lax, no sense of urgency. Don't waste your time waiting. There are far more…read moreefficient places that don't waste your time.

The only problem I have about El Cerrito Recycling Center is the parking spaces. I am horrible on…read morereversing my car and aligning with the space. Am I going to give El Cerrito Recycling Center a bad review...NO! I was able to recycle used motor oil, regular AA/AAA batteries, Bluetooth Speakers, Computer monitors, Computer towers, printers, scanners, perhaps anything I am allowed to recycle at this location. I have been going to the El Cerrito Recycling Center since 1998. This place has gone through a lot of changes especially the parking spaces (yes I will continuing mention that). Thankfully nobody has DARE to trash this location and it is a good thing that they manage to keep the area in great condition. Keep the great work!

Great folks here! Organized and easy to discard items no CA Redemption here! Need to go to…read moreBerkeley to return for value.

We emptied a house today of household furniture and trash. This place is a complete rip off. $200…read morefor 1 ton of garbage Then $37 for a fuel charge. Later in the day I went back with a little bit more weight and 2 mattresses. This time I paid $526 which included $96 for the mattresses and 2 fuel charges totaling $56. RIPOFF! Go a little bit further to American Canyon dump. The first 2 mattresses are FREE and 1 ton of garbage is $77

Only if it is Sunday and you are desperate to get rid of stuff. Way way overpriced and are tricky…read moretack in charging you for the smallest stuff. Then, charge you with a fake bloated measurement yardstick, though other places charge by weight or specific recyclable materials like mattresses and large appliances and ewaste, they also inflate these prices and still charge by added weight and yardstick of your load. Triple charging you. Plus, to add insult, charge you a tax and fuel surcharge. Then I realized, "So does Waste Management in San Leandro. Which I also avoid as a business for the same reason. Then discovered, they are also owned by Waste Management. The biggest rip-off and mafia owned management style business model. Avoid this scam transfer station and wait until the following week and can go to the nearby Berkeley transfer station and pay so much less Monday thru Saturday.

Horrible time restarting service after a vacation hold. Because I was gone more than 3 weeks, they…read moretook my cans and told me to call upon my return to restart service and have my cans returned, no charge. I could have given them a date then but they did not want a date until I called upon my return. This cannot be taken care of adequately on line so I have now wasted over 3 hours,speaking to a total of 7 people to restart service and return my cans,-still no luck. I keep getting promises,hearing excuses and even claiming that "someone" called and cancelled the cans. Yet they also claim my service has been restarted and will be billed as of 4/8, and as of today, 4/13/26,I am still without cans or pickup service. I do not want anything more than my 3 cans returned and I demand an adjustment on charging me for a service that I have not received. What am I supposed to do with the food waste that is now rotting in bags. If I put them on the deck, the wild animals will rip the open and create a mess for both me and my neighbors. The garage will attract rodents and ants- this is terrible service for a customer that has never missed a bill. I can't believe that a company this large can be so inept in solving what should be, a pretty simple customer service problem. I'm turning to my City and County for help. This is quickly becoming a health problem.

It sucks that we can't pick our garbage service. You have to go with the one the city provides,…read morewhich is this awful service. They went on strike for 2 weeks. We get it - you have to strike, we're not complaining. But we got our bill - and it was the full bill. Why are we paying for your strike? When I called when the strike was resolved, I wanted to make sure we were not going to get charged for the two weeks these people were on strike. I got a "beat-around-the-bush" answer. Of course. Because we are paying for their strike? Why are people okay with this? Not acceptable at all. I called again today and got the run around about how "cities were meeting." Who cares? Take off the two weeks we didn't have service, that simple. She said maybe we'll see it on the next bill. If it's not, I'll just take it off myself. I'm not paying for their strike. And to top it off there was an extra 12.91 charge for an "Extra Can, Bag or Box" Look at my photo. Eight inches above the top of the garbage can. Two small bags. They're charging us 12.91 extra for that. We've had a little extra garbage in our can many times without issue. It's never overflowing - it's maybe a little bit higher that it won't but it's not even that much and if I wanted to I could crush it enough that it would close - I didn't know this was an issue. $12.91 for this. WTF? What an absolutely scummy company. EDIT: I have been informed by a lawyer to contact the PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION and the city Republic has a contract with (your city). I did and the PUC says they don't handle this stuff and my city, like Republic, doesn't care. If anyone else has any other options please let me know.

i love this place :) its like futuristic and dystopian and i love throwing stuff out. plus there's…read morewildlife and taco truck dang it has everything!

I love the dump! I had an entire car full of cardboard and an artificial tree. They only charged me…read more25 bucks for the tree, which is fine. It was great to get rid of it all.