rePlanet Recycling

The guy here acts as if he is discouraging to recycle, we were not there for money we just want to save environment. We will through away the bottles. I reached there at 1.20, it was my first time here, i was looking everywhere around for help and this guy was sitting in his car and played loud music, we didnt even know he is the guy. For more information i just stepped inside that small area where hus computer was kept and he honked so loud i got scared. Thank god i was with my husband and when my husband asked him what happened he is like its my lunch hour come after half an hour. He got to display his lunch hour if he is so precise and when we were looking everywhere he could have stepped out of his car and said properly.

I came here to do my recycling a few times in the past but I won’t be returning to this location anymore. The employee that was on duty when I came there on June 20^th was completely rude & racist towards my mother and I. Just because we are Asian does not imply we are of Chinese descent and give someone of another ethnic background the right to say phrases of nonsense in another person’s native language; it was very distasteful and disrespectful.
We were there to do business like anyone else and to be treated differently and mocked by the worker & other patrons is completely unprofessional.
At the end of it, we got our recycling done and we got paid. I love that rePlanet makes it easy to do recycling nearby but I won’t be back to this location and I will be looking to drive to one of their other Fremont locations.

DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT drop off your recycling here! I had a few bags of recycling which came out to be just under $ 5.00. Guy who works there only gave me $ 2.40 back. I told him he shorted me. He seemed irritated I spoke up and asked if I really wanted the difference and I said ‘yes.’ What did you think it is, your tip? If he tried to rip me off I wonder who else has. Marcie C. of rePlanet Recycling Business Customer Service if you’re reading this, I suggest sending a ‘mystery shopper’ with a a bag full of recycling and see if they get shorted too because I guarantee they will!
TAKE YOUR RECYCLING ELSEWHERE if you want your fair CRV money.

It is not completely obvious at first where this is. It’s behind Raley’s by the Army recruitment center. It’s closer if you come in from Civic Center instead of Paseo. The guy that was working there today (Daniel) was friendly and efficient. It was my first time going there and I didn’t separate my plastics, cans, and glass. No big deal. He helped me separate them, weighed everything and sent me on my way with a few extra bucks in my wallet. It was that easy! :D

This feels kind of sketchy — pull up in a parking lot behind the Raley’s grocery store with a bag of bottles and give the bottles to some guy that’s standing in some weird large box with tons of bins by him. I was expecting a machine but it’s actually a guy just counting your bottles and giving you your change.
But I managed to sneak up on the guy and give him the scare of his life, and I got my $ 1.75 worth of CRV. So there’s that. The guy is actually pretty nice.
The hours here are pretty bad. They are open 10:00AM — 4:30PM Tuesday-​Saturday. They are closed on Sunday and Monday. This means that if you have a regular 9 – 5 job, it’s basically impossible to recycle except for Saturday (or you work from home)

The guy running it is slower than molasses flowing uphill. And if you have a pocket knife, leave it in the car or he won’t take your stuff.

This place is a little hidden but it’s as the below reviewer described — behind Raley’s, more towards the Civic Center Dr than Paseo Padre. Closed on Sundays and Mondays, and opened 10:00 — 4:30 during the other days.
Overall, excellent place to recycle. Gives out cash. Very quick service — highly recommended.
Rates as of the review date:
Cans — $ 1.55/lb
Plastic bottles — $ 0.72/lb
Glass bottles — $ 0.07/lb

I’m not a total hippie/​recycling junkie, but I do try to do my part. Besides being kind to the environment, I get some of that «California Redemption Value» back in my pocket as another part of the reward.
The rePLANET Recycle Center makes its home in back of the Raley’s Market, across from the armed forces recruiting offices – they are part of the TOMRA Recycling Network (
). This place is open most days except in the middle of the week (Tuesdays and Wednesdays I think I read, but don’t quote me on that) – also, don’t go during their lunch hour between 1 and 2pm. Glad to have this center so close to home.