Downtown Metals & Recycling Center

This place is whatever… The guy seems to cater to homeless people. Which is cool they need help too. It’s just they were bringing in at the most 2 or three pounds of stuff. I brought thirty pounds of im smashed aluminum cans. The guy running the operation started actually looking through the Coors and coke/​Sprite cans I brought as if they were fake or something. Then he did way to much thinking when it was my turn, it shouldn’t be too much thinking involved. I think he shorted me, I probably should have said something. Oh well. I would recommend going somewhere else. If you have any more than 5 pounds of recyclables.

They were so nice! Did all the sorting for me and within 10 minutes, I collected my coins and was on my way! Not too shabby for my first time recycling.

Good place people are friendly — we got$ 6/​basket of plastic bottles (not smashed). Possible to park a few cars inside and one outside. Wait under 5 min. Stay green !

This place does what it should as a local service — gives you money for your recyclables — so it gets four stars.
Drive up (park on the street or pull into the garage), separate your recycling into the metal wire bins, wait for the guy to weigh your bins, sign and print your name on the receipt, and walk out with your money — easy enough. Expect it to be dirty, expect that you won’t get five-​star restaurant service, expect to see characters there (no, not Disney characters), and you can drive away feeling good about your choice to recycle.

Great recyclcing center that is open late, Guys go the extra mile for commercial accounts. They lose one star because they don’t have a truck scale, but if you just have a small load of recyclables or metal, then you can’t go wrong.

I had two large plastic bins about 2×2×2, just over 10 pounds about 75% plastic. Rates were:
Aluminum CRV 1.57
PET Plastic CRV .93
Got me a whole $ 11.85 today, the help was great. Downside sticky dirty floor, and bum arguing with the workers, but mehh this is downtown aka its free entertainment. Closed on Sundays

Strapped for cash? Do you have a bunch of bottles, cans, scrap metal, electrical wires lying around?
You’re in luck! Go get them recycled!
Not only does it promote earth-​friendly practices, you also get some money back in return. Fortunately, there are places like the Downtown Metals & Recycling Center to help you out with that! What sweetens the deal with this place is that it’s open 24 hours a day! How convenient is that?
Word of caution: This is in Downtown’s Warehouse district, which means it’s not the nicest of neighborhoods. That being said, the later you go there, the shadier the characters seem to get. But does this fact scare away our heroine, her roommate and a Honda Fit full of electrical wiring on a Thursday night? Hardly.
It’s a little tricky to spot, especially heading southbound to the place since it’s in such an unassuming building left hand side (It’s just south of the Texaco in a blue building). What’s nice is that you can pull right into the building, or park the car just outside or on the street (we opt to head right in).
They have various containers of different sizes for you to unload your stash, but I highly recommend pre-​packing your goods beforehand to make things go faster, then you can load it all up into a rolly bin quicker and you’re good to go. They recycle boxes too if you used them for transport, but you don’t get any money for that.
Another word of caution: Yes. The place has a lingering odor of alcohol and bum. Yes, there are some unsavory characters hanging about. For sure you’re going to want to wash/​sanitize your hands and/​or just bring gloves with you because the whole place is filthy. And it goes without saying I locked and alarmed my car whenever I stepped 5 paces away from my car. For those of you who aren’t so keen on this kind of encounter, just think of it as broadening your horizons.
What I found entertaining as my roommate raked in her cold, hard cash ($ 75 worth) is to step on the big scale for large volume weigh-​ins. It’s like going on the carnival where your weight is displayed at the cashier’s booth. I haven’t weighed myself in a minute, and it’s a good thing, I suppose. But oh, it’s off since I’m carrying this huge Rubbermaid container. Ah, wait, I have my cell phone with me, and my keys. Um, I’m wearing this jacket also, and these shoes have a bit of weight on them, too right, and there’s my glasses and my ponytail elastic…