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    West Side Metal Recycling

    4.4 (83 reviews)
    Open 8:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Rolando R.

    Some extra cash will never do us wrong. Helping our planet keeping it clean, and organized only does living creatures well. West Side Metal Recycling is the place to come to sell your stuff man! Whether it's empty water plastic bottles, soda or beer cans, glass, or any type of material, they will take care of you here with a fair price for whatever it is. Need labor service unloading out of the car? Workers here will help you 'TIL the end assuring you come out of here with a big smile. Plus, you can take a selfie with The Simpsons here, and play an antique piano while at it. Check it out! Now, it's time to get some groceries! Thank you guys! I've been coming here for at least 10 years!

    Lydia C.

    We got up so dang early last Sunday, amassed a small hill of plastic bottles and aluminum cans, squeezed them into my sedan, and headed out to West Side Recycling. Westsi-iiiiide of Glendale, that is (whut whut). We were all bright eyed, practically whistling the 'Hi Ho' song from Snow White, doing gung ho marching arms. All ready to roll up our sleeves and toss our loot into the awaiting trash cans on their sidewalk, then wait in line behind the big ballers with the real stuff: scrap metal, excess bling, what have you. From there, they quickly weigh everything and send you off to a mysterious window where a lovely woman hands over cash. For us, usually a ten spot -- plus a fiver, if we had been extra thirsty. We cruised up and everything was shut down. Um, they're closed on Sundays. Our lameness elicited a collective BOOOO. Yes, this has been an elaborate explanation on why I've been driving this week with trash bags full of bottles in my back seat. Still, props to the local all-purpose recycling center. I ain't mad.

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    Patrick P.

    Mauricio made separating my different copper fittings easy and quick. Cleanest facility I've been to in a long time and staff was super helpful. Thank you Westside team.

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    They accept only " CA CRV" , But it's okay . Very fast and they even exchange coins with no fee !

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    Been coming here for years! Great recycling center. Friendly staff and very reasonable hours.

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    Excellent service & they were willing to help unload my recyclables, one satisfied customer!Easy to unload in the alley!

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    If you do not mind driving and unloading your old metal, this place is great. We'll organized and friendly workers.

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    Ask the Community - West Side Metal Recycling

    Do they offer pick up service? I have a chain link fence I want to get rid of.

    Pickup service is mostly for commercial businesses.

    Does this recycling center accept boxes?

    no, plastic, glass, aluminium

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    Review Highlights - West Side Metal Recycling

    Much better than the Burbank recycling center since they're not paying CRV value anymore.

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    Great crew there and hardly my first time. While in Burbank its been privately run since…read moreShinanigans decades ago. I go during LUNCH which can go either way but NO ONE is arriving in business attire to recycle. The crew usually offers to help but I refuse because it's their lunch time as well. Everyone is friendly and full of smiles and jokes. Checkout is very fast and always friendly. My ONLY criticism, sweep the lot hourly. I have seen contractors show up to recycle cans and drop nails and screws. Flat tire enroute

    It was easy to find and drive in and find parking on a Friday afternoon, even though there were…read moreother people there. It's not immediately clear where to go and what to do but they have plenty of staff to direct you. They asked me to empty my different types of bottles (clear glass, colorful glass, plastic) into three large cylindrical barrels before they weighed them. I can see what other reviewers are saying about how they don't fully put the container on the scale to ascertain the full weight of the bottles. They hand you a receipt after weighing and you take it to the window to cash out. They ask you to sign the receipt before giving you the money. All in all, it's an easy process and I'm not sure it's worth the trouble because I don't have that much to recycle at a time but it might make sense for the people sorting pickup trucks' worth of recycling. Pro tip: Sort your recycling in advance so when you get to the recycle center, you just have to dump it into one of the barrels and not sort it on site.

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    When it's time to recycle go to this place. I found them because the eagle rock recycling place…read morenext to the mall was closed albeit online said open. Anyway Glendale recycling Center is easy to get to lots of parking Staff Is helpful It seems they except most recycle But I would check before for their hours and what they take Also you will need an Id for copper due to light pole thefts around the city check them out

    We had a community clean up day in April as one of our Earth Day activities. Some neighbors dropped…read moreoff recycling. I volunteered to redeem the munched plastic bottles, rattling cans, and occasional bottle we found while tidying up the neighborhood. I was pleasantly surprised. Glendale Recycling Center is efficiently run and the service is great. The staff helps move the lines along and everyone is very nice and hardworking. And if I read the prices correctly, GRC pays a few cents more for plastics + cans than those SuperA grocery store guys in a delivery truck. I know this because I left the SuperA guy in Cypress Park when he decided to take his lunch 15 mins. early and close up shop. Glad I looked to YELP and found this place in a snap without wasting time. Also, this place is almost like an all-in-one recycling center where you can not only get CRV money, but also drop off old electronics, all those Amazon cardboard boxes, and some other things that you can't throw into your regular trash bin. (Some items they don't accept, but they'll direct you to where you can take them.) Since this was a pleasant & relatively painless experience, I just might make a daily habit out our Earth Day practice and return every now and then.

    West Side Metal Recycling - recyclingcenter - Updated June 2026

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