This is a decent recycling facility and in a good area (shopping center parking lot). Little to no…read moresketchy people hanging around, which I found when I went to some recycling places in Oakland. Staff is approachable and the process is straightforward. You first sort your bottles and cans into the garbage cans provided. Then, a staff member weighs your items and pays you in cash. The garbage cans provided are kind of grungy, so I always wear gloves. It's worth it for me to drive from Oakland to Alameda to recycling my cans and bottles. It's a win-win situation! Your discarded cans and bottles get recycled for other purposes and you get a little cash for your efforts.

The employee here was shockingly unprofessional. I asked a simple question about their opening…read moretime, and he responded by telling me to "shut up." I recorded the interaction and filed a police report, because no customer should ever be spoken to like that. It's disturbing to be treated this way while just trying to recycle. The fact that the owners allow someone this hostile to represent their business says a lot about their standards.

I came on a busy day, this guy named Danny helped me right away with my service request, made me…read morefeel safe mostly because I'm a girl and went by myself and helped me take down my bags, also made the process fast and smooth, definitely will come back again just for the great customer service. Definitely gave me the best price in Oakland they beat everyone's price.

I was cheated a couple of times here. When I questioned the employee he said that they charge me…read morefor using the clear plastic bag that they recommend 1 pound per bag! Because I was in a hurry I didn't complain to management but clearly the clear plastic bag didn't weigh a pound and it was a lie to charge that!

- Good stop for small and big jobs - Good prices and nice…read moreselection, displayed well - Amazing service, knowledgeable and helpful ( even younger guys like Messiah and Manny are respectful and understanding) I went with children and all the staff were considerate and friendly. It's an industrial space with large trucks coming through. I was able to landscape my entire front yard in two days with their supplies and some advice.

I've gone a couple of times with my husband to recycle clean concrete. It's super fast, pretty…read morereasonably priced and we were in and out fairly quickly. This is how it worked for us: you drive up onto the scale, they weigh your vehicle and ask what you're recycling, you pay and go to the area of what you're recycling. We backed up and tossed the clean concrete in the pile and then you just drive out. We've also purchased landscape rocks and for this you order the quantity you want at the main warehouse, they give you the receipt and then a worker puts the rock into your truck. Easy, peasy, lemon squeezy.

Good pricing, friendly service, and got to see my files being loaded into the shredder in the truck.read more

Had years' worth of confidential documents to shred and I sure didn't want to shlep it all to a…read moreshredding business. From start to finish, Shred Works did a wonderful job for on-site shredding. Great service, reasonably priced, and arrived at my location right on time. Highly recommend.

Called in for a price on clean copper and once I arrived to location they said owner wasn't there…read moreand they gave me a different price per lb on the copper. Man said he was going based off what was in the computer. After seeing the price difference I wanted to separate the copper to make a couple extra dollars since I had it mixed. I asked the man handling the transactions that told me a different price on the copper if he can lend me some clippers and he said he cant let me borrow them yet he had my ID and I was going to do it right in front of him. Words cant explain how frustrated I was. I ended up taking a loss at the end of the day and affected me mentally due to financial struggles.

I appreciate being able to give my recyclables. It was easier than I thought it would be.read more

My husband and I took two huge garbage bags of plastic bottles and aluminum cans for recycling…read more They have large receptacle containers for us to separate the plastics from the aluminum items. The business may not be in the best area of Oakland, but it is the best in paying us for recycling compared to other places. Our two bags netted us $9.50. We're content with their service.

Had 10 garbage bags of household recycling. Glass and plastic bottles, aluminum cans, etc. They…read moretook it all and paid a better price than the supermarket recyclers. They also took a microwave no cash but no charge. One issue: the day we were here we had to wait 10 minutes for plastic bins to put our recyclables in. Guess they got backed up. The customers were cutting in line, claiming not to speak English, etc. Need a more efficient process. Recommend coming early. Once we got our bins the weighing and paying process was fast and efficient. Will definitely come back, but probably earlier in the day.

Close to my house, very little wait when I went and plenty of parking. You put your recyclables in…read morethese plastic baskets which they weigh. Payment in cash. Seamless! I shall return :-)

I'm very happy to have a recycling center close to where I live. Before I found out about Sunset…read moreRecycling I had to travel to Berkeley to get decent prices for my recycle. I accidentally discover Sunset Recycling as I was leaving Foothill Square where they are located, decided to try them out and was very pleased. Try out this recycling site I believe you'll like it.

Ok! Monday it was!…read more Got here during their lunch. When they open, you just go inside, grab a cart with available bins & sort out your recycle. The bins are very dirty so I suggest using gloves & bringing hand sanitizer. Plastic bottles: They advice removing the caps from the bottles. You just take them off & keep them in the bin with the bottles. No biggie. Glass bottles: They don't usually accept them. Since it was my first time, I didn't know this. Instead they put glass in the bigger containers, raised & moved around forklifts. The workers are quite friendly & helpful. The man helped me & explained everything. You will need a valid ID in order to get a receipt. There is a little window labeled "CASHIER." When you get the receipt, the window is blocked off with blinds. Someone is behind but you never see their face. They pointed at the signature part of the receipt with a gloved finger. Moments later, they just hand you the money... and that's it! The homeless people are quite harmless. They didn't bother or harass me. So it's all right. I actually enjoyed my experience. :) Fair warning!!!! They are moving glass bottles with a forklift, lifting heavy bins full of glass bottles that shatter loudly! So bring earplugs at your discretion.

This place has been super hard to contact. Since COVID I understand they have been closed but as…read morethings slowly re-open I can't seem to get a hold of anyone to see if they're accepting recycling from the public. I've tried to call and email from their website and have gotten no response from them. Prior to COVID this place was great. Friendly workers and easy to drop of recycling.

Alco metal recycling is pretty good in pricing but once you drop your Metal off, they will want to…read moresee your ID take a picture of you get your signature and your fingerprint which I think is not safe to give out other than that. The prices are really good and the workers are very respectful.

Surprised to see this place is still open after hearing of multiple workers dying there. This place…read moreused to be very friendly if you needed carry out sized pieces of metals. Now the smallest size they wanna sell is 4 feet by 4 feet. Help behind the counter is extremely rude to boot esp the younger one. I just walked out. Can get the exact materials you need off Ebay or even Amazon now delivered for half the price they want. Good luck trying to remotely find what you need in their barren scrap bin. Avoid this place like the plague.

A great resource for keeping metal out of landfills. They pay by the Pound, but I usually opt to…read moreflag down and pass my my scraps to one of the trucks waiting outside the facility.

I got kicked out for wearing crocs. They let me drop off the copper and brass no problem but they…read morewouldn't let me drop off the couple hundred pounds of steel I had brought in. The office clarified that there was no rule, the guy who happened to be directing the scale was just a jerk. At this point I see a ton of tradespeople working in crocs with me and with no rules posted, online, in the office, in the yard, anywhere, I assumed it was a my toes my problem deal. I'm not sure where is better but CASS can certainly treat occasional customers better than that and not waste their time.