Lomeli is my nearest recycling center so I bring a friend here about once a month…read more It's very popular with the desperately poor because they have a little general store where they cash the voucher they give your for your recycling. Instant gratification, you can get a cold soda, beer, candy bar, the essentials... I see plenty of homeless men and women bringing their cans and plastics on their backs, or on their bicycle handle bars. I often see convicts in shackles coming from jail with their guards driving the prison van. The prisoners take their recycling for redemption. The only problem is that the parking lot is tiny and often gets dangerously congested. Somebody could easily dent your car on a busy Saturday. On First Street adjacent to Obregon Park/El Hoyo.

Lomeli recycling center is a small hole in the wall spot that you might missed if you aren't…read morelooking carefully but luckily I've been coming here since I was 6-8 years old and now currently 26. Came for the first time since 2015 and everything is great besides the parking but the people there are super quick and very nice. If I would rate this place out 5 I'd give it 4.5 just because the parking kind of sucks but they make do with what they have and get it done with what they got. They value their customers and if you need a cold beverage and a place to wash your hands they provide both !

Friendly service and very helpful , definitely recommend to anyone in town .its pays good for your…read morerecyclables .

went on saturday at 9:30 am and no one was at the booth. sat there for another 15 min as other…read morepatrons began to come and leave as no one continued to show up, and i overheard a conversation between two people waiting with their recyclables and apparently this is a regular occasion. It was also often that workers would not show up until 2 or even 4 when the center closes at 4:45 pm i looked up the phone number but was not motivated enough to go through the calling system to get a representative to do something about this location, and i looked up another recycling center down the street and left. i can see that the workers do not care about the people or their job so why should they keep getting a paycheck for hours that they arent even at the location?

First time here, but not the last. Usually hate going to recycling centers because they are…read moreusually a pain in the butt, but this was the complete opposite. Clean, spacious, plenty of parking and not too busy. (To be fair, I came on a Monday morning). But the real reason for the review was the attendant. Didn't get his name but you can tell that this not only took pride in his job by just loves life. Could not be friendlier or more helpful. Was in and out in less than 5 minutes with a nice chuck of change in my pocket. Would definitely recommend.

I dropped off our recycling here for the first time. It was pretty busy and took a couple of…read moreminutes to park. You grab cans with holes to load your recyclables and take them to be weighed. It's that easy! $40 later and we're off. The whole process was rather easy. The location is convenient. $1.66 lb.

I always come to this recycling center because they are always so nice and fast ! Usually no line…read moreand can get in and out fast. Can take a lot but for me that have only a couple bags it's super convenient

Very clean and people are very nice got more money here than other places I have gone to. It is a…read morelittle hidden but worth it.

Swung by the other day to recycle some metal and cans I had laying around the house for quite…read moresometime now. All the staff was wearing masks and gloves. Gustavo the cashier made my visit go smooth and splendid. I got a great deal for what I considered to be "trash". Thanks Gustavo and the rest of the staff, will be back soon!

I have recycled forever. Gu's is one of the nicest centers in the area. The guys are funny and…read morealways friendly. Really great prices. Guys are always there to help when you really need it.

Great place and great prices. They are really helpful. They don' t take white milk carton type…read moreplastics.

This was my first time coming here. I went here with my dad during Memorial Day. But I still think…read morethey lower the weight too much and you lose money. Basically take your money.

My experience with Ekco Metals has been excellent. I have used them twice to recycle insulated…read morecopper cables, such as Power cords, HDMI, RCA cables. I got a quoted price range on Yelp. and they paid what they said they would, and the price that was offered was quite good. This isn't my usual experience with other metal recyclers. Probably because business is so competitive and price of copper is down, I have experienced with others is they quote a high price, and then offer a much lower price in person. If you are selling metal, the process is to park your truck in the lot, remove any plastic bags or extraneous material, check with the weighing office to understand how to separate your goods, put the metal into a flat dolly or plastic bin, and bring it back to be weighed and payed. Good Work!

First time there . Employees were friendly . Cashed out same day , but once I reviewed receipt…read moreafter I left , I discovered that they combined my clean and dirty copper with brass and gave me brass rates . Also they weighed everything while I was busy filling out papers for first time customers , therefore I didn't notice that they did 3 separate weigh ins for 3 water heaters that I brought. One had a huge tare ,bringing down weight significantly, not sure what was it for. Then they labeled one as white goods, bringing down the rate . They bamboozled me and i made the mistake for trusting them and not reviewing receipt while still there . Regardless , they made me sign before even telling me the total amount that I was getting . Attaching photo of receipt .

I've been on this mission lately to do more reusing, recycling, reimagining and being less…read morewasteful. In my mission, I've been researching recycling centers around the city. Somehow in my first venture to a recycling center, I ended up here. I thought it was somehow an official center - but it's not. The SoCal Recycling Center at 2503 Whittier Blvd in Los Angeles operates as a mobile recycling center. It's open Monday through Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm, with a daily lunch break from 12 pm to 12:30 pm. The center is located at the Pavilions and is messy, not a lot of parking, but it gets the job done. No one helped us, explained things, or even said a single word! Until a few minutes into the weighing, the staff made some kind of funny joke to us lo. Overall though, due to lack of parking and just overly being dirty, my search for a good recycling center in LA continues! Recycling Tips: Aluminum, glass and plastic bottles need to be separated! Get that cash money!

Since I was nearby on an errand and had some recycling in the trunk, I searched for a nearby…read morerecycling center and this came up. It's in the same plaza as Ralphs, off of Emerson Ave. This isn't my usual recycling place. So it was a surprise to me to find out that they accept wine bottles and even those Ragu jars! (Be sure to clean the inside since the workers have to break it down themselves.) My regular recycling center didnt take those so I've been just tossing it in the trash. (My garbage company says they will separate it out but somehow I am skeptical.) Since finding this place, I've been bringing all of my wine bottles and glass jars here. As for the value when it comes to these glass items, I'm not sure if I am getting a fair price or not since I have nothing to compare it to. But at least in my situation, I am getting a little something instead of absolutely nothing when I toss it in the trash. The lines go quickly at this location. It's definitely a shorter wait time compared to my usual place. And the staff here are friendly. I've been back and will keep coming back!

This recycling center is behind Ralph's on Emerson. Currently Ralph's parking lot is under…read moreconstruction, so it doesn't connect by car. You can still park here and walk into Ralph's. They only take plastic bottles, aluminum cans, and drink glass bottles. I was denied milk gallon bottles and empty glass sauce jars. Aluminum cans $1.65 by weight When I come here during the weekday afternoons, it's always so busy. They have a water dispenser and hand sanitizer on a small table by the sidewalk. The bins they use for sorting are super light and netted. This means anything smaller than 3 inches will fall out.

This place does what it should as a local service - gives you money for your recyclables - so it…read moregets 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.

Staff was very helpful. I dropped off two large TVs and a laptop. They even offered to help me take…read moreit out of the car. Process was very quick. Showed them my id and I was out of there. Would definitely go back