Pleasantly surprised when greeted at front gate with an offer to help. I went in prepared to be sure I received the weight of aluminum I measured at home. Surprised that there was not a variance in weight. Staff very helpful and I was in and out in no time! read more

We have been using CMS for many years now and we have had no issues at all. As a small business we rely on quick service to keep our business moving. CMS always arrives within a day for all pickups and is the most reliable business. I truly would like to thank Eli and Josh for all their help over the many years. Those two guys always make scheduling and pickup a breeze. We hope for many more years of this successful partnership. read more

My go to spot for scrap recycling. Had some old parts in my storage area that were just sitting useless. Got a few dollars for it here so was worth it to get rid of it for space. read more

Always a fantastic experience at CMS! Junior is always so nice and so helpful - and I truly appreciate that b/c I have some medical conditions. Everything goes so smoothly here and the whole staff makes it a pleasant experience! read more

CMS is clean. Their rates are the best. It is well-staffed with helpful people. Best place to recycle in So-cal.

Service Attendants are very helpful Process is pretty straightforward & fairly quick Value - their prices are competitive read more

Feels odd writing a review for a recycling place but after going to many planet receiving places and having terrible experiences thinking it's the norm, being treated nicely was a shock here. This'll be my new reclycing place! read more

All the ppl that worked the day I went from the man at tha gate to the young man who switched the cans to tha yellow container to the beautiful lady that worked at the register it was a pleasant experience. There was almost no wait time and they had an orderly system set up. Got tha most for my buck on the recycled rate too. I'll be back for certain read more

Well organized, effective place operated by friendly people. You do have to wait 3 days for payment on scrap copper which was news to me but makes sense. Take the time to cut off any fittings - doubles the value read more

Stopped in late morning on a Tuesday to turn in some recyclables and it was pretty busy. Lots of space for vehicles to come in and park. Super helpful they have plenty of staff around to help guide vehicles in and make sure there are plenty of bins available for sorting. There was a bit of a line but they processed through everyone fairly quickly, and a quick transaction to receive payment. Would def consider coming again. read more

CMS Recycling is better than ever in their large, clean new building! We love the big parking lot, too! At our last visit, there was even a box of donuts in the office! Yum! read more

Good prices and good customer service! Very helpful and accommodating. Parking is not so good though...but that's the only con I can see. read more

Friendly staff. Clean and well organized. I felt I got great value for my recycling. Highly recommend. It is very busy on Saturday's. They still got me in and out of there quickly. read more

My daughter collects cans for charities and so we come here every month and the young men that work here are always very helpful and they make it a quick and easy process to recycle your cans and bottles read more

great service! like the bins and carts and layout of the center. Danny was super helpful as well! read more

CMS Recycling - Recycling Center Near Me - Escondido, California

These guys were super helpful, and gave me a great price on my scrap metal. It turns out I had a lot of brass, so I left with a big check! Really great service! read more

I've been here about three times and only had one good experience out of the three. The first time I came in, they honored the price they quoted over the phone and helped me quickly and pleasantly. last two times I feel like I've gotten the runaround from the guys working there and they were quoting me crackhead prices for clean brass or hoping i would accept a very low shitty offer for what i brought in. I was quoted $2.75 a pound for clean brass and when I came in yesterday. When I got there they said it was contaminated and offered me a dollar per pound instead of what they said over the phone. The guy also said if i wanted to remove a ton of screws from what i brought in he said he would do as much as $2.00 a lb which again isnt what i was quoted on the phone that morning and felt scammy. Just went down the street to another business and they honored their price without any of the bullshitting that was going on over at CMS. read more

Great recycling center. They have the highest per lb or for cans I have seen. All the guys in the yard were very helpful. Emily and Denise in the office were awesome. read more

This place is great I can take my save garbage basically to them and walk away with $100 or more in my pocket. I love these guys! Where could you get a better deal than cash for trash? read more

Every time I've come to CMS recycling all of the employees are very friendly and helpful. Today someone came over and helped me bring my items into the shop to get weighed, they weren't so busy, so the gentleman had the time, but I TRULY appreciated the help! I also get a great price back for my cans and plastic bottles. I highly recommend coming here! read more

Yesterday was my first visit to the yard and I had a full load. It was so large I had to come by a second time in the same day. As I was sorting my recycles in the full sun of the day during my first visit, in the parking lot, it was very apparent to the employees I was EXTREMELY slow. I am a disabled senior. I was the only customer parked in the lot on the south side of the weigh station building. After receiving FOUR separate greetings (telling each of them I am a new customer) only ONE offered to help. His name was ROSSTIN. Huge shout out to him! I am writing a review today only because he went the extra mile not only helping me the first visit but also the second visit too. He was very professional and courteous! Can you clone ROSSTIN? :-) The others seem to lack enthusiasm to help a new customer! I know it's hot but the customers are hot too! If it wasn't for ROSSTIN I would be going back to Skyline where I found the team to be much more helpful to me! Had to edit my review to 2 stars due to the lack of employee assistance. read more

This was my first time visiting. I had no idea what I was doing, all the way down to parking. I must have stuck out from the other customers. A representative quickly directed me to a parking spot along a wall, then waited for me to exit my car and pointed out the carts to assist bringing everything to the scales. I do my own maintenance on my vehicles and had some used brake rotors and struts to turn in. Usually I throw everything in my recycling/trash, but this time I thought I'd see what I could get back if I dropped them off at a recycling center. Steel isn't worth as much as other items, but it was a good experience. Parking is tight. If you come here when they have a lot of people dropping off, do what you can to be quick as a courtesy to others. The guys at the scale where nice, so was the lady at the cash office. 5 stars for an easy experience and the help/direction. read more

Great experience! Everyone here was super nice and helpful. We were in and out in a jiffy with some extra cash in our pocket and a whole lot less cans in our garage. read more

Came here recently to sell a few stainless steel pots and pans with the glass lids. I stood around about 15 minutes. It's a dirty junkyard. I was offered .60 cents for all the items. Huge waste of time. read more

Today I visited CMS Recycling for the first time. I had what turned out to be 186 pounds of steel, from a defunct set of exercise equipment. Everyone was friendly. They were less picky about purity than I expected. (Some pieces of metal were covered with rubber, and I had separated these, but they just put them back in the main pile.) The process was a bit slow, but not bad. I would recommend CMS Recycling. One way they could improve would be to provide better guidance for newcomers. When I turned into the driveway, an attendent directed me to park in a certain location. I parked my vehicle there, got out, and waited. And waited, and waited. Finally I decided to ask someone what I was supposed to do. I got only a semi-intelligible response, but after a bit more time, a man with a cart approached me, and we loaded all the metal onto his cart. They weighed it, then gave me a piece of paper to take to the office. At the office, I got $11. So take things here to keep the landfill from filling so fast and to reduce the amount of mining that has to be done. You won't get rich, but you will have made the planet a better place. read more

Higher pay for recycling. As a Senior they help carry in the cans and bottles. One employee always greets us with a smile and wave even though we are not regulars. read more

This was my first time going to CMS and I'm now a customer for good! Everything there was super organized and all the staff I talked with were really courteous and helpful! The best recycling company I've been to in the area, plus they are really efficient and clean for a recycler! read more

I love this spot. We come across a ton of scrap metel. Always a good payday. This is the nicest and most efficient place I've been. There employees are respectful and look like there always grinding to move the line a little faster. I've been to some other yards that treat you like a criminal if you have copper until you present your Contracting lience. Also I've felt other yards take advantage of people. I've had to have Lee's in vista weigh out my material twice as one time they were 85 pounds off. You shouldn't have to weigh the material before you take it In fear that your gonna get taken. There i cant even tell who works there or who dosen't because it's a flip of a coin if there employees decided to wear there uniforms that day. The Cms guys are always dressed proper and are super helpful. A few times they helped me get my material out of my truck. I hear they are expending there CRV building so it's probably gonna get even more efficient. Don't waste your time anywhere else. This is the spot to go trust me. Thanks CMS read more

Great experience with CMS Recycling. The staff is super friendly and helpful. Joshua was very professional and courteous. You save a ton of money and time with CMS Recycling. Truly a great place to do business. Customer for life. read more

CMS is a great place to recycle your metals. Just be sure to separate everything before you get there

All of the rePlants hace closed probably creating much more business to these mom and pop shops. This was my second time here. The first time it was a weekday around 2-3 pm and there were only a couple people and nearly no line. It went very fast last time. Today was Saturday at 1:30pm. It was extremely busy, however Daniel did a wonderful job at directing traffic. He was extremely helpful and nice. It was a good process and the line moved quickly. They are able to stack all the plastic bottles on one single scale. Thanks for providing welcoming and kind service. read more

Know the metals you are recycling. Like all recycling places they have this word called contaminated. Contaminated metals is when you have mix metals, with this you get half of what the value of the recycling. So before you go, make sure you do your best to separate your metals and this also means at this recycling center. If you don't, you will only get half the value. Once again, in life, be vigil know what your recycling and try if you'd like to separate your metals accordingly, including when you go to their facility. Parking is a bit tight but the people were friendly and very helpful. read more

The bar for recycling joints is not too high, but I have visited CMS several times now and have never had a bad experience. The place is busy, fairly dirty and noisy...but in an almost good industrial sort of way. The way you think a proper metal recycling yard should be. The rates, in particular for aluminum cans is always competitive, and they always have a $.05 per pound coupon in the penny saver, which they will most often spot you if you forget your coupon. The staff here was also very accommodating and friendly when I visited with my 4year old last time, who was intent on helping as much as she could. read more

The team is terrific and they were in their operation very effectively. It is a wonderful service for our community

I live in valley center and the local recycling center near me had horrible reviews so when I looked up the reviews on this location they were great so I had to come see for myself and I was beyond pleased with my experience as soon as I pulled up the bins were out and ready for use , the staff were out and ready to assist if needed ( it helps if your recycled buyback material is already separated i.e plastic ( caps off ) , cans , bottles ) so you can have a smooth transition in and out . Thank you again to the staff who were so helpful I will return ! :) read more

I bring my family's cans and plastic here once a year when I've acquired enough. The people that work here are incredibly helpful. When they see you drive up, they always say hello and bring you some empty bins and a cart. I can't say enough good things about the service you get here. read more

We were referred to CMS from another company that told us CMS takes stainless steel refrigerator doors and that's where they take them for $. I called and talked to Denise and she verified that they recycle and pay for stainless steel doors. Doors only, not the refrigerator. Well, we took our Kitchenaid Stainless Steel French door refrigerator doors in today and the workers said because a magnet stuck to them they were not stainless and he got his manager to agree. CMS paid us $2.56 for our three heavy doors. So, we feel cheated. We spent more on gas than what we received. So all these years, I've been cleaning my expensive refrigerator with stainless steel cleaner only to find out from CMS that my Kitchenaid wasn't stainless. Ummm? read more

CMS Recycling - Look stainless to you? - Recycling Center Near Me - Escondido, California

Ive been recycling with cms for over ten years now i dont ever need to show ID the guys at the scales all know my name there hard workers and intelligent and very capable in helping and directing first timers... ive brought everything in from cans bottles, plumbing parts, copper wire, steel, radiators, alluminum engine parts they take just about everything and they give the best price in town... if your trying to decide where to recycle CMS is the most obvious choice! Thanks Guys!!! read more

I have been brining my aluminum, glass and plastic bottles to recycle at CMS for about 2 years now. Their rates are good for material, but it's the customer service that separates them apart from other places. Always, the employees are friendly and helpful. I came today, 02/24/2018, and wow have they cleaned up the place. It's so clean now! As other reviewers said there is very little parking and you have to wait, but I have never been to a recycling facility that did not have these problems. Overall, this is the best recycling place I have been to and will continue to come here. read more

The worst experience I had in this place was on Sat/28/17 person that helped was Domingo Garcia. My experience was due to the fact aboout an ID to buy can or plastic I mean come on serius an ID to sell cans, well the issue was that I just asked if that was a policy or requiered by law and he's response was so out of line " if you dont like it there's other places around here you could go to" it left me with no words I know there is bad custumer service but this was outrageous the employee was telling me to go elsewhere. As an owner I wouldn't like to have an employee that said this, well in my case I'm sure I will not ever go back. Honestly this just shows that they have no respect and they don't care for your business its your decision now where you go do business with, but just an advise there is other places around there where you can do business with and they dont ask for ID just to sell your cans. read more