Replanet Recycling

This is one of the best recycling places areound here they are either allways busy or not busy. Replant recycling accepts competitors coupons you either have to print it our of find it in the newspaper. The coupon has to be around the location they usually are pretty good about keeping a line moveing

Since you already pay tax on your cans and bottles, you might as well take an extra step and recycle them for some of that money back. This rePlanet location has its own facility conveniently off the I-​880 Stevenson Blvd exit, making recycling simple and efficient. All you do is bring your cleaned, presorted plastic, glass, and aluminum to the workers; they take it from there and hand you the vouchers within seconds. Best part of all: you get cash right on the spot. What’s not to like about this place?

Interesting customers always make recycling here an experience!
Gets busy, but they are pretty efficient. Much quicker than the parking lot setups. They pay you right there, you don’t get a voucher that you have to take into the store and wait in line.
Check their website for a coupon to get more cash for your recycles. They will also honor competitors coupons.

Juaquin is a great guy

I work in the service industry, and it’s not easy. So I never write negative reviews about service, but I feel I got bad treatment for breaking a rule I didn’t know about. I don’t think you should ever expect that from any business. I had a ton of bottles from work, so I figured hey, why not turn them in for some money. So this was my very first time going to a recycling place, and I was kind of nervous because I don’t really know how it works and I was by myself. Plus, I was carrying my puppy around because I couldn’t leave her solo all day at home. When I pulled in, I wasn’t clear about where to go because there weren’t really any signs directing you, but there’s a bunch of lanes that you pull your car into.
Anyway, I saw a trash bin next to my car, and it said something about paper only or something. I looked around to get a hint from the other people; they were pouring their recycle into the same kind of bin (minus the unremarkable sign), and there were bins all over so I poured mine into the one by my car.
Soon after, a worker who was handling the recycle, yelled at me to not put my recycle in that one, and to get a bin (louder than he needed for the noise level, and without telling me where to get one). I was so shook up by this, that I was scared to get another bin for fear that it would be an untouchable bin, but I went over to a nondescript bunch of bins and pulled one without negative consequence. I won’t be going back.
So, the first star is for the fact that the place did exactly what it said it would. The second is for the man at the check out desk who was very nice and recommended a way to get more money for my recycle next time and also a website for an unrelated medical thing we were talking about. Guess I should have talked to him first to get some courteous and helpful direction in this completely unfamiliar situation. This is a case of one person taking his bad mood/​personality out on me and ruining the whole place for me.

I’ve been recycling here for several years. It is fast, efficient, and the employees are friendly (time permitting) – of course, you can’t sit down and share stories over a cup of coffee when it is busy and they have a job to do. Still, they are always cordial and have never refused to answer any question I’ve thrown at them.
One commenter stated that they «charge» two pounds for the bin. This is actually a tare weight – the weight of the bin subtracted before weighing the contents – so you are actually getting paid for your entire load – net weight. I don’t know how their rates compare to other recycling centers, but they keep their relatively small area as clear as possible and allow people to get in and out with few obstacles. Hence, for difference of a penny or two per pound, I’ll continue to bring my business here.
The only issues I’ve ever had were with inconsiderate customers. Let’s be realistic – if you’ve got a truckload of recyclables and you place one bin in the line, that does not hold your place for the next 30 minutes until you’ve filled your other 20 bins. While I don’t have a problem with them «aligning» them in preparation, they should realize that other customers can be helped while they prepare, so they should not block the line for others.
My other pet peeve is regarding drivers who park improperly. I mean, really… pull up as far as possible, allow room for others to move forward, and don’t block adjacent lanes so that people get stuck behind you and have to wait until you finish – all the while as they stare at you like you are impeding their progress. Make the process easier for the employees and customers alike.
The three second rule definitely does not apply to food dropped on the ground here. It is sticky and a little smelly at times, but that is to be expected. Go early and avoid much of the mess (again, caused by customers who don’t empty their containers properly).
Putting it into perspective, this place is as classy as it gets in this industry. You are providing a service and receiving a small return on your investment, so suck it up and try to make the experience as tolerable as possible for everyone. I’m on my way back this morning – hope people will read this and take the friendly advice!

Recycling places are usually yukky. This one was clean (as it can be in this business!) and the people seemed to be having FUN at their job. I went on a midday Thursday, so it wasn’t very busy and the clerk even reminded me that I was making 2 cents more a pound for my cans and bottles because I was over 55! (Not THAT much over) I will go back.

I have a bunch of scrap aluminum that I need to recycle so I took a side trip to see how much they are paying for 6061 I am told the most they can pay is 30 cents a pound. I already had a quote from another place for 75 cents so I pressed for more but they wouldn’t budge. I don’t know about the can and plastic price but I will pass on this group for scrap prices.

Good weekend hours, easy to find location across from Walmart. Not sure if their payouts are lower than others or not. The site smells but what do you expect? It was pretty crowded so park efficiently, do your thing and get out of the way. I’ll be back.

Disgusting place to be so I truly commend the guys who work there all day!
They are open 7 days a week which is a HUGE plus. I drove around to 3 different places and everywere else in Hayward was closed on sunday.
They knock you two pounds for the bin (I think) but their price per pound on cans, botttles and plastic is a bit higher than other places I was going to.

in and out service. recycle all the garbage allied waste charges you to pick up! enough said.

Ok, it’s a recycling center and not the most fun to go through your recycling and sort if you haven’t already (thank goodness we had) We had almost $ 80 in recycling when it was all said and done but when we got home, we had been shorted $ 4. That isn’t a lot but next time we will count it before we walk away. Great location and longer summer hours make it better for dropping off. You just need to be patient as they are always busy.

Great location, and its a win-​win situation. you get some cash, and you help save the environment, can’t ask for anything more.
here’s what to expect at this location:
— during peak times, it can get pretty crowded, and there’s not really an area to park your car if its too crowded, you will know when its crowded when you see cars waiting almost close to the street
— of course, weekends are the most busy
— once you are there, you simply park, grab some plastic bins, and separate your items from glass, aluminum, and plastic.
— once finished you bring the bins to an employee and they will weigh, print out your ticket, and after you hand in your ticket your paid. pretty fast and easy!

While on the way to Wal-​mart, which is across the street, we came here to drop-​off some recyclable plastic bottles, and cans, which we had in the garage.
Dropping off recyclables has not been something that I do often because of the patience needed to wait in line at the facility and the unclean area around the facility. I do it because I feel better recycling items and the amount paid back gives me an incentive to be there.
Service was fine for the facility but I had to be patient waiting for my turn to weigh the plastic and cans. Once I got the items weighted, they paid me in cash efficiently.
I could have placed the items in my recycling bin for collection but did the recycling helped me feel like I did my part and the $ 6 did provide an incentive to be patient at the recycling plant, which just required a trip across the street from where I was going to!

I just went to the center to drop off cans and bottles that were starting to pack my room.
Of course it is not a clean place and the people working here were not sociable at all… but their job were very systimatic and fast. I liked that very much.
After getting 10 bucks, I felt I was contributing a little to make this planet better. I know it’s just a self satisfaction… but I like the way I feel now.
I will keep going to this recycling center.

I had another great experience here.
With spring just around the corner, I’ve been doing a lot of cleaning these last couple of weekends. I had a bunch of old stereo equipment just sitting in the garage that I wanted gone. Being too lazy to put it up on Craigslist, I wanted to just take it to a place where I wouldn’t have to think about it anymore. I noticed a banner at a neighborhood school advertising E-​waste recycling on Saturday’s, so I took all of my outdated electronics and headed over there today. The lady looked at my trunk and told me that I would have to pay $ 5/​piece to donate my stuff since it was a fundraiser for the school.
What gives? I mean, I support my community but dang, $ 30 bucks is a lot of money these days! I would’ve forked over like $ 5, but $ 30 just to get RID of something useless is a little steep. So I politely lied to her and told her I would be back. That’s when I remembered my last trip to Tomra, where they had free E-​waste recycling available. I took all my stuff there and dropped it off without a fuss and also got my normal recycling done, too. This place really makes it convenient to recycle cans, plastics, and electronics. I’m sure that I will keep going back for a very long time.