Replanet Recycling

A couple years ago I reviewed another Replanet location. It was NOT a positive experience, by any stretch of the imagination. It was conveniently located, and that’s the only reason I dealt with the place. Now that I spend most of my time near another of their locations, I’ve come to learn that the company is just poorly managed.
Yesterday, I hit up this location on Magnolia. I know fully well that the employees «generally close for lunch from 1 – 1:30,» as is stated on their website. Thus, I pulled into the lot yesterday at 1:28, saw the Replanet employee chilling on his break, and asked when he was going to reopen. He said «In about 5 minutes.» I went ahead and got my grocery shopping out the way, since this Replanet is next to Ralphs. When I loaded the groceries at 1:50 or so, Replanet still hadn’t reopened. I waited another 5 minutes and never caught a glimpse of the employee again. There’s another recycling center nearby that I thought might be worthy of my business, on Burbank Blvd., and they absolutely were. There was no waiting, and I was paid cash on the spot — no taking a receipt into Ralph’s and waiting in line to get the payout.
Replanet is only good for convenience. They have a lot of locations that are strategically right next to grocery stores. Other than that convenience, there is absolutely no reason to ever have to tolerate such a poorly run company. If you can, avoid the place at all costs. As mentioned in the first paragraph, it seems nothing has changed since I first had a terrible experience with them a couple years ago.