Victar Recycling

Avoid this place. Here are a few concerns:
1) no visibility on how much the containers in which you place your recyclable goods weigh.
2) General frustration when asked about times opened and times closed.
3) Lower prices than elsewhere.

It’s a recycling cycle. You save. You drop off. They pay you. I don’t pay much attention to the pricing, but this place was fast, so 4 stars!

This place sucks! I pull up and there’s 4 Employees sitting at a table eating none of them get up to help me I’ve got bags of recyclable bottles. They look at me like I’m a pain in their ass and they keep on eating. After I separated the bottles they told me to separate the bottles by colors. This place sucks the rude and unprofessional.

I’m quitting my «recycling for my son’s future tuition» gig. After waking up at 800am to sort my saved recyclables (took me 45 mins). I drove my butt over to Victar’s on a Sunday morning. I waited an extra 30 mins cause the family in front of me had a million cans and bottles (Their 10+ baskets versus my 2.5 full baskets):
My weak 2.5 baskets worth of recyclables netted me $ 19.50. Not worth my dumpster diving days anymore. I quit recycling at Victar’s…but will still leave all my plastics, cans and glass out for the City of LA and late night blue bin divers to pick up.

My brother always comes here for recycling, its the closest to our house so I always drive him. My brother brings his own gloves because you have to separate the stuff yourself. If its ur first time, it’s ok to ask, theyre nice people. It’s really quick and easy. When there’s a lot of people, generally people that come here are nicer, and theyre patient.
Anyways I mean nothing special, just come here do ur thing and leave.

I’ve been recycling my plastic bottles at the Ralph’s supermarket near my house in West Hollywood, but it’s one of those places that only offers a credit for Ralph’s and not cash. I decided to try Victar Recycling after reading some reviews on here and I’m happy to say, though I got lost for almost an hr trying to find it, the cash payoff was worth it.
Victar’s is open 7 days a week, which is a huge plus. I rolled in there on a Saturday evening at 5:15pm (they close at 5:30pm) there was no one else there and the whole weigh-​in + payment process took less than 10 minutes.
I recommend bringing some plastic gloves or at least have some purell handy for when you’re done emptying your bags.
A bit hard to find but definitely worth the search!

I had read an article awhile back that stated most of the municipalities in LA County dump their garbage at some state of the art landfill that automatically sorts out anything recyclable from the garbage and discards it. I’m a big proponent of recycling, although I just don’t see this magic happening in reality.
So for the extra few seconds it takes to throw my bottles & cans into another trash bag, I figure it’s worth getting a little effortless cash back for it. Hey, they want to pay me for my garbage, they can have it!
I used to frequent Victar on a monthly basis or so when I lived in K-​Town and randomly found this place while making a trek into Silverlake. It’s just off of Glendale Blvd, and if you aren’t paying attention, you’ll miss the side street. Go less than half a block past the Jack in the Box, and you will see a tiny yellow sign that points up the street to it’s location. There is a parking lot you can drive into, though it’s terribly small and in all likelihood you will need to find street parking.
They will take your aluminum, plastics, and glass & compensate you by the pound in cash. Watch out for what you bring in regard to glass — there are a lot of clear glass bottles that they will not accept (think apple sauce & tomato sauce jars for example).
As a note, bring some gloves or hand sanitizer with you for after you are finished here. They make you sort your own recyclables by type before they weigh it in and price it. There are specific bins for each type and no matter what bin you grab, they feel as if they are covered in pine tar or something far worse.
I’d like to give any place that puts cash in your pocket a 5 star review, though I’ve gotta take one off for the last two points mentioned above.
Victar is open 7 days a week, though their hours do vary.