Happy Earth Day, 2026!…read more Did you know that humans produce over 460 million metric tons of plastic every year? After learning this, the first thought that came to my mind was 'This is a huge number! How much actually is this?' Consider this: This is more weight than the weight of the Eiffel Tower (Paris), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Brooklyn Bridge (New York), Empire State Building (New York), Statue of Liberty (New York), Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy), Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Burj Khalifa (Dubai), Space Needle (Seattle), Tokyo Skytree (Japan), The Pentagon (Virginia), and the Great Wall of China, ALL COMBINED, TIMES SEVEN! That's A LOT of plastic! Worse yet, we produce this amount of plastic EVERY year, and studies predict that it takes approximately 450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill. That means that the plastic bottle that you throw in the trash will still be there for approximately 18 generations of your descendants after you. If you don't recycle, you are literally trashing our planet for your own offspring! And, Earth is the only planet that we know of that is capable of supporting life. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. Aside from trying to be a good citizen of planet Earth, I also recycle because I could always use some extra cash. I can usually pocket around $20 for every visit I make here, which really helps because I am certainly not a rich man. This particular location is a great option for recycling, here at "Benites Recycling," located just behind Bob's Market (Lancaster, California). I've been to this location several times. The money you receive by recycling here is similar to what you will receive at other nearby recycling centers. There are three things I like about this location in particular, as follows: (1) they typically do not require you to show your I.D. like they do at some other locations; (2) they use lightweight recycling bins, so they can quickly obtain an accurate weight of your recycling without having to tare the weight of the bins; and (3) the wait here is usually minimal because there are usually less people here than at some of the other recycling centers I have gone to. Although I believe the folks here are honest, the only thing I don't like about this location is how the actual recycling weight is difficult for the customer to see unless the customer walks around the scale and stands next to the employee reading the weight. Aside from this one drawback, I do like coming here for the reasons mentioned above. I'll definitely return to this location in the future. If you don't recycle here, please recycle somewhere.

Went there today, it was convenient and has a lot of space when pulling up your vehicle to park…read more The place is great, the price range is posted clearly and he was very helpful. Im glad they're located there, most places are not that friendly when going to take these items within the AV. Thanks Benites I'll be back

They are actually open 7 Days a week, which makes it more convenient for me and my family. The…read morecustomer service was great, I will definitely go back again.

Cleanest junk yard ever, prices are really to a bit more compared to (the computer), they have…read morebasically 2 recycling centers next to each other, 1 is for reclining artist weigh in on the scale, 2 is for reclining artist that have mixed metals and CRV. I also like the chairs to sit down,and the portable water faucet and soap to clean your self up. The negative things are Saturday hours are only 7:30am to 12:00moon, and closed Sundays.

Went To recycle scrap metal. Place was as good as a recycling place up here can be. They take most…read moreeverything metal and put more for copper brass ect at the scales on the left.

Did you know that humans produce over 460 million metric tons of plastic every year? After…read morelearning this, the first thought that came to my mind was 'This is a huge number! How much actually is this?' Consider this: This is more weight than the weight of the Eiffel Tower (Paris), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Brooklyn Bridge (New York), Empire State Building (New York), Statue of Liberty (New York), Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy), Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Burj Khalifa (Dubai), Space Needle (Seattle), Tokyo Skytree (Japan), The Pentagon (Virginia), and the Great Wall of China, COMBINED, TIMES SEVEN! That's A LOT of plastic! Worse yet, we produce this amount of plastic EVERY year, and studies predict that it takes approximately 450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill. That means that the plastic bottle that you throw in the trash will still be there for approximately 18 generations of your descendants after you. If you don't recycle, you are literally trashing our planet for your own offspring! And, Earth is the only planet that we know of that is capable of supporting life. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. Aside from trying to be a good citizen of planet Earth, I also recycle because I could always use some extra cash. Whenever I recycle, I can usually pocket somewhere between $20 and $40. It's nice to get a little extra cash, right? This particular location is a great option for recycling, here at the "A.V. Recycling Center" (Lancaster, California). I've been to this location several times. It's usually a pretty busy place, usually with a few other folks recycling here as well. Even though it can be a little busy, three of the things I like about this location are: (1) they typically do not require you to show your I.D. like they do at some other locations, (2) they are careful to weigh your items and then tare the weight of the bins for an accurate measurement, and (3) the weight and calculation are visible to the customer, to give the customer confidence in the honesty of the men who work here. As I mentioned earlier, it's a little busy here, but there are a few good reasons to recycle here instead of recycling at another location. I'll definitely return to this location in the future. If you don't recycle here, please recycle somewhere.

This is the place I recycle. I would have liked to see a few more people working on the intake of…read morerecyclables to speed up the process. Overall it is a good and local place I can bring my recyclables. There are other local places but when I find a place to do business I seldom switch.

I used to have issue with customer service here, but the guy that works there now, I have no issues…read morewith. He helps me get the bags out of my car as soon as I pull up if there isn't a crowd. He makes small talk and is always polite. People complaining about them not assisting in sorting, must not understand how recycling places work. You are supposed to sort your own recycling before you get there. Also, if you want to get paid for each individual item, find somewhere with the machines that you can insert them one by one, otherwise, they weigh them and you get paid by the weight and not what you paid. Not sure where these unrealistic expectations of a recycling facility come from.

Was open when I needed them and got a fair price for my recyclables with friendly service.read more

It was... weird. I went yesterday with some aluminum to recycle, because a friend had been a…read morecostumer a long time ago and spoke highly of them. I brought some scrap aluminum peices not realizing they only accept crv cans. My issue was not with this, but with the "service". A blonde man came out and said can I help you and I told him yes they were recommended so I brought aluminum left over from a project. He seemed short with me, We only accept aluminum cans for crv! No worries! I was just surprised because he was interrupting me and acting agitated. I told him thanks, and went to my brother behind me so we could regroup and go somewhere else. He came back out a minute later and asked us to pull through to leave. I was like, huh ? There was zero anyone there. We couldn't have been much in the way, lol. But I immediately go to my car to leave, while mentioning i was a little disappointed that he was so terse and unhospitable, esp. After the place bring so highly recommended. He then throws his hands up and says What do you want me to do !? WE ONLY TAKE CANS! I was kinda surprised but he def dident seem to realize he wasent exactly exuding professionalism or hospitality, lol. He dident "get" it... yes your not making an immediate sale, but now your first impression has guaranteed that at least for me, you will NEVER get a second chance to make a sale. The place look charming, but I won't be back. It's a shame but for such a young person (late 20's?) He sure did seem to have a hair up his crawl !

This is are go to place for recycle. They have been here for generations. Love the family run…read morebusiness. Their grandma is a walking history book. They are friendly, quick and professional. Plus it is a fun place to browse their many antiques. PS, They even pay you for your recycled cardboard. Blessing to the community all the way around.

I appreciate that they were open early, which allowed me to drop off my containers and be out…read moreinside of three minutes.

I've gone to them three times in a row and each time there are two women there that pick on my…read moresister in law. My mother-in-law (who limps) and my sister-in-law (who is 12) goes with her to help her out and this last time really upset my mother in law. She had told me that one of the ladies was refusing to give her a basket to help my mother in law. They weren't letting my sister in law grab a basket for my mother in law and they didn't know why. Then they began to give them problems about them not being able to understand and respond in Spanish. Then second day the same lady was on cashier and pointed to my mother in law and said she didn't want her there. Neither my mother in law and my sister-in-law believed they had absolutely no reason to be treated like that when they hadn't done anything.

Great customer service. The consistency of employees mostly change every few months but lately it's…read morebeen a nice lady who's usually with a Male assistant but tends to change every once in awhile. Anyways it's an average business like any other you recycle, get your money, end of story.

my grand children love to recycle here the workers are helpful and fair price for recyclablesread more

If I could give less than a star, I would. They are crooks, liars, and disgusting people who had no…read moreissues talking horribly about customers coming to recycle. They also had no problem asking one another what hair color they thought my female area was either. They just spoke to each other in Spanish because they assumed I could not understand them. I made it a point to call ahead and verify I could be paid the CRV redemption if I brought my aluminum cans, glass bottles, and plastic beverage containers to be recycled there. I was assured I would be paid as such. I made sure to pre-count all my recycling before leaving for the facility as well. I had 832 aluminum soda cans, 229 glass beer bottles, and 302 2-liter plastic soda bottles in total. Here is what I was given: Aluminum 6.0 lbs @ $1.68 = $10.08; 53 lbs @ $0.15 = $5.57; and 11.0 lbs @ $1.32 = $14.52. A total of $30.17! They are liars, scammers, and I felt them to be quite misogynistic as well. 0/10 NEVER RECYCLE AT AV RECYCLING!!!

They pay the least for plastic recycling. Don't recomend go elsewhere. Any where elseread more

Great place to drop off cardboard!!! Thank you for your…read morehelp! We just moved and had too much for our bins.