Best recycling service in Long Beach. I had over 500 lb of printed cardstock I received from Amazon…read morewhich was a third party scam originated in China. I received continuous deliveries including four huge Amazon canvas boxes containing more shipments. I worked with corridor to segregate the recyclable cardstock items with the non-recyclable tags and ribbons associated to some of the products. I had already tried two other recycling companies in Long Beach and they refused to take any of it. Although I did not receive any money for these usable printed items. I was thankful to get them off my hands.

Toxic part of town. Feels like you're going to get sick being over here. No good deed goes…read moreunpunished i guess. Also update your hours. Getting here early only to learn you don't open until 7:30 makes me stay in the toxic zone longer than I needed to be. Definitely feel terrible for the workers that have to be exposed to this environment 40+ hours a week.

Clean place, nice staff and self service at the end when collecting your money. Would recommend…read morethis place to anyone looking for a safe place to return cans, glass bottles for recycling.

I got there and the guy who weighed my copper was cool, no issues. After he gave me my receipt to…read morego to the window the lady was a jerk! They close at 5, I got the window 20 minutes before closing and she told me she wasn't gonna help because she was closing. I went back a week later to get my money but I thought was bs and really thought of the woman behind the glass was lazy af! You're sitting all day looking at paperwork, what's your reason for closing 20 min before?

My go to recycling center.. Hardly ever a line and organized. You sort your recyclables into…read moredifferent containers. He weighs it then hands you cash. Easy.

It Says updated July 2026, but the phone number still does not work and from what prices I see they…read moreare not the best around.

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.

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

Had a few things to recycle and Dad likes this place. My first time here or any recycle place…read more One way in and one way out, enter on Petroleum Ave. Seems like plenty of parking. Everyone is hustling and bustling. Grab a few bins to separate your recycles, bring it over to the friendly employees, they get weighed, you get paid. Quick, efficient, you're helping the environment, it's all good.

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.

Spring Cleaning this year came a bit early, and unplanned. A water leak forced me to deal with 40…read moreyears of accumulated "stuff" in a storage room in my garage.... What do you do with starter fluid, old paints and stains, all sorts of cans of this and that? EDCO Recycling in Signal Hill is what you do! Yesterday, I went, with the back of my SUV filled with assorted fluids and headed for EDCO. When I arrived at 10:00am, the line was already blocks long, extending around the corner of Spring Street , almost to Atlantic Avenue! Yikes! There are lots of street attendants directing folks. The one I spoke with assured me that the line moves quickly. He was right! This is a very efficiently run process, only available two Saturdays each month (check their website). When you pull into the disposal area, several men open your back hatch and quickly remove all of the items that you need to safely dispose of. And then, you are on your way...with the wonderful feeling of accomplishment that cleaning out AND properly disposing potentially dangerous items brings! Hint: Find out what time they are opening (usually 8 or 9am) and get there early.

This is a well operated center. All of the employees are respectful and very friendly. We went on a…read moreSaturday around 09:30am and there was already a long line of vehicles. However, the line moved very quickly. Our truck cab was full of 3 TV's (one of them a heavy dinosaur era one) and a computer. They quickly removed it and we were on our way. I am extremely pleasee will EDCO and their residential trash pick up as well. I am glad they are serving us in Lakewood. Did I mention the electronic disposal was FREE?!?!

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.

At its core, a very simple and reliable recycling service!…read more Aim to organize your glass bottles, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles/gallons prior to coming over so you're in and out. This place has its own sanitation station, but I highly recommend bringing your own gloves and hand sanitizer. Aluminum and plastic bottles go into the orange net baskets (but should be separated). Large plastic gallons should be placed on top of small/standard water bottles. Glass bottles go into the grey plastic bins. If you come right before they open at 9AM, you'll likely run into 1-2 parties trying to be in and out of there as well. I always run into families here, but the community as a whole is pretty good about not hogging containers/baskets.

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.