OC Recycling

Easy place to get rid of e-​waste and miscellaneous scrap metals. Since the price of metal has dropped there are no many places that collect metals from your home. Instead I found this place. They answer the phone and answer questions from novices like me. The lady at the weigh-​in station loves her job and makes the chore of scrap metal bearable.
A bin of metal I got me $ 0.79. I didn’t even bother collecting my «winnings». LOL

I love this place. It’s difficult to find a fast recycling place in oc since I moved here. I had a bunch of electronics and bottles and this place took them all. It’s not the best smelling place but they are fast. You just put everything you have in these big bins and they weigh them and you get a ticket to bring to the window for your cash.. Boom done. 100% better than the one bottle at a time machines that don’t take bigger bottles.

This place gets pretty busy, every time I go there seems to be a wait and a shortage of sorting bins to put my recyclables in. But overall the experience is pretty quick and easy with minimal amount of wait and frustration…

I recycled for the first time at this location today. I ask the cashier stupid questions that first timers probably ask and the cashier was really nice. I had very little cans/​bottles compared to some people who were coming here with their recyclables but still managed to score 16 bucks and some change! Recycling rocks! The guy on the forklift helped me find a parking spot, he was really nice. I was sort of stuck in the middle of the parking lot for a minute. I didn’t know if I should go forward or backward. He jestured to me to just park in front of this bin. Thanks so much for the help. I had no idea what I was doing! For people who recycle, I would suggest this place highly instead of the lame recycling place on the Albertsons parking lot in Tustin. This place is so much better and less wait. Bring gloves and all you got! Grab some bins and dig in. I will be back!

It’s simple, easy and quick! The best recycler around!

Had a great experience here. Staff was helpful! Facility was clean!

The staff seems friendly but there doesn’t seem to be any communication between departments (office or outside workers) as far as the price for certain materials for that day. I understand that prices change depending on the market and, if it’s cable/​wire, then it depends on the blending or purity.
On my visit, I had 93 lbs of coax connectors and 70 lbs of coax splitters. Each was listed as breakage and paid out .05. I brought a sample of the connectors to the attendant at the window and asked if the price was accurate and she told me to ask the gentleman who initially weighed my material. The line was growing and I didn’t want to wait in line or cut in front of everyone else causing a delay for an inquiry.
The attendant was nice and spoke with the outside employee directly and found out it was .25 for the connectors. The adjustment was made for the 93lbs. The price for the splitters is still unknown.
Friendly but if you go, try to find out the prices ahead of time. I couldn’t get the rest adjust since it was already taking a while and I was running out of time.
Two stars because they were quick to fix an issue, just not completely. Ultimately, it’s a pain in the butt to separate 163 lbs of components and then to have to double check their work.

Very helpful staff both in the yard and at cashier. They are even open 7 days a week and buy most items including electronics.

Quick and painless! My first time going to a recycling center and yes it’s dirty and smelly but what do you expect?! I will definitely be back next time I have things to recycle, and yes they did honor a competitors coupon with NO HASSLE at all!

Ryan contacted me and was desperately trying to make amends. He was able to look at the ticket that was issued to my son (since he was the only one who had his valid ID on him) and went ahead and honored the prices that their coupons through Pennysaver, that they originally wouldn’t honor. The extra came out to just under $ 7.00 to which Ryan sent out an overnight check to my son. Honestly, I don’t think we’ll come back. Ryan said that they are happy to accept competitors coupons, and I just feel that they should also honor the Pennysaver coupons as well. As far as I know, the Pennysaver couldn’t just randomly make coupons for a business, and so I feel that OC Recycler HAD to have had some kind of a contract with them. Just doesn’t make any sense.

They have great service. Sometimes it takes longer than others but they are good. I live in Costa Mesa but drive here because they are nice and on Saturday’s they have Subway sandwiches which go quick but still nice. Great people.

I love recycling because of this place. So fast. So quick. I even got a shirt that saids… «I recycled today!» So friendly too. I will drive out of my way just to come to OC Recycling

This is an update to a previously negative review. We had a communication error and I was quite upset with the result of a trip to the OC Recycling. I was immediately contacted by the business and my issue turned into an opportunity. This is a business that is committed to its customers and their experience. I would recommend them to other businesses that do large scale recycling.
We look forward to doing more business together!

Brought my recyclables (cans, plastic bottles, and glass bottles) in separate bags, brought 3 yellow bins to my trunk and unloaded my stuff. Took the bins to be weighed and took the receipt and my coupons from their site (printed the aluminum, plastic, and glass coupons from here:
) to the cashier. The entire process took less than 10 minutes and I’m now $ 30 richer! If only I got paid this much at work, hah!
The recycling center is what you expect, dirty/​smelly with mild insects. The workers aren’t super happy, but given the conditions — I don’t blame them.
3 stars for being the center you’d expect. Nothing extraordinary.

Just plastic bottles and soda cans for me… got good prices. Be prepared for really dirty surroundings (don’t bring your kids or make sure to keep them in the car) but it is a recycling so it’s unreasonable to expect sanitized area.

Lousy attitude! Shitty service!
Brought two loads of same origin metal in two different times… But got half the price on the second time.
I got about ¹⁄₁₆ of the market price for contaminated metal… These guys ripped me off!
Then when I asked to talk to a manager, i was told the hourly paid weigh guy is the manager! ha ha ! Never gonna go back there.
By the look at the reviews I see they keep doing the same to all of those who bring metal to there. From now on my business will go somewhere else!

Located off of Edinger between Grand and Lyon, this is your typical recycling center with dirty recycling bins and smelly atmosphere. You basically park your car, get the yellow bins from the service area, and start sorting. We had glass bottles, aluminum cans, and plastic bottles so we got 3 bins (ended up with 4 since we had so many plastic bottles).
After we sorted everything out, we dragged the bins to the far end of the service area, where a staff weighed each type of recyclables and printed out a receipt with the weight and amount on it. Then we lined up in front of the window to get our cash. I couldn’t tell what the original per pound pay off was (hubby took care of it; I had to take our kids back to the car since they kept complaining about the smell), but we had coupons that gave us this:
$ 2.02/lb for aluminum cans
$ 1.07/lb for CRV #1 plastic bottles
$ 0.11/lb for CRV glass bottles
Hubby found these coupons on their website (they are valid until the end of next month). They boast about superior pricing and customer service, but without the coupons, I can’t tell whether they can actually say «We will not be beat!» (taken from their website) and I wasn’t particularly wowed by their service either (neither friendly nor unfriendly). Either way, we came out of there with $ 25, which we used to see a movie at our local discount theater and get cheap dinner :)

Oc Recycling is a professional company with a caring and highly trained staff who we are happy to do business with. Our company deals with recycled metals from air conditioning & heating systems, so we are always recycling with OC Recycling. The office staff seems to be thinking way ahead of us concerning what we will ask and what are needs are. Hats off to this professional bunch. Our Orange County HVAC company is Klondike Air Conditioning & Heating and we must also commend the men in the yard for putting up with selfish, I want what I want people, disregardless of what the law says. They have wonderful PR skills when dealing with these people.
Congratulations OC Recycling for running a tight ship and good show!!!

They give u the best prices for your recyclable stuff here in all of OC ;-)
Its great to recycle but even better 2 get $$ back… Recycling pays! =)
Here’s the procedure:
1) You separate your recyclables by glass, plastic, cans, etc. in each one of the yellow bins
2) You push your yellow bins to the weighing machine
3) Give the guy your printed coupons & also show him your Unilocal Ad to get additional $$ on your stuff…
4) The guy weighs everything & gives you a receipt for everything.
5) Bring receipt to cashier window & get your $$ cash. Cha-​ching! =)
Print out their coupon to get even more $$ on your stuff =)
Everyone is nice & friendly here =)

My weekly hot spot.
I’m saving money for an international adoption. I’m building a community through recycling. Weekly, I take recycling and put the money into the adoption fund. It sounds small, but there are themes of intent and redemption threaded through this small venture.
I’m excited to have OC Recycling around. It could be intimidating for a single woman with a BUNCH of junk but they just make it so easy. The guys who work here are super sweet and will help you unload or bring your containers to the weigh station. They are very professional.
They take a lot of other stuff other than cans and CA CRV bottles. Every little bit helps.
The gals who work in the office are sweet as well and happy to answer questions about the whole process.
Check the website for coupons for a higher price per lb for your recyclables.