Great service, friendly Staff fair prices. Clean yard. The best scrapyard in the Bay Area.read more

usually good service and best rates but I got ripped off today. I brought in solar wire to the same…read moreperson who helped me last week. For some reason he deemed my wire low grade this time. Every other time i always get the solar wire rate. he told me to be happy with what I got and not asking for a refund because the other guy messed up. he is the other guy! plus the other location gives the solar wire rate as well. makes me think he's stealing the difference

I spoke with a representative from the company, and they resolved the issue quickly. Nothing is…read moremore important to me than customer service, and Rica displayed top-notch service. Thank you!

The employee was very helpful. The whole process was easy. I recommend using Rica Recycling.read more

The customer service is WAY BETTER the CalWest Recycling. helping me move my cart as well as load…read moreit. They are quite cheap with their prices per pound but in my opinion, it kind of makes up for the lack and utter disrespectful service from Sal at CalWest. If they raise their prices to compete with other recycling places in the east bay they would be 10/10

My usual spot was packed and I was short on time so I found Frys Metal and decided to give them a…read moretry. You pull in a grab a bin and go weigh it. It was my first time so I had no clue what to do but the nice gentleman was very helpful and what to do. Place is rundown and right but it gets the job done. Guys that weigh the stuff and payout made it easy. Overall good spot to sell your cans and bottles.

S/W owner Andrew via YELP before I decided to head over, SUPER helpful! Told me it's free to drop…read moreoff mattresses if you're a Hayward or Newark resident. The limit of mattresses to drop off is 3 (not sure if that only applies if you're dropping it off for free) Anyways pulled up, showed a woman who was working in front a copy of my PG&E bill along with my ID. She then directed me to drive over a ramp & drop off the mattresses. Easier than I thought!

Horrible service. I went there one day and they told me they were full, but said I could come back…read morethe next day and it would be fine. Google says they close at 4:30 PM, and I arrived around 1:30 PM. Today, I stopped by again around 1:00 PM. After waiting in line for about 15 minutes, one of the employees named Brendan came over and was extremely rude. He basically said, "I don't care. Right now we are only helping people who have an account with us." Very disappointing experience, especially after I had already been told twice that I could come back. The customer service and communication were terrible.

Super easy. I needed a place to drop off a treadmill for recycling. Texted and within seconds got a…read moreresponse and a very reasonable fee. Paid it online and off I went to drop it off. Took longer to get the treadmill into the car than to drive it over to drop off. Would definitely recommend.

Great communication and service. Picked up and recycled my old TV at a great price. Would…read morerecommend to anyone that needs help getting their old Electronics recycled.

I had a terrible experience at CalWest Recycling. The owner was incredibly rude and unprofessional…read morefrom start to finish. Not only was he cursing at me, but he also called me a "dick," which is completely unacceptable behavior for someone running a business. To make matters worse, I was instructed to unload and move my own pallet of batteries for recycling. After I had already done the work, I was suddenly told I couldn't continue because I was wearing Birkenstocks. If that was actually a safety policy, one of the employees could have easily told me before I started unloading instead of waiting until I was finished. When I was told I had to wait in my car, I simply walked over to my vehicle, and the owner continued insulting me by calling me a "dick" as I left. Customer service and basic professionalism were completely absent. There are plenty of other recycling businesses that treat their customers with respect. I would definitely recommend taking your business elsewhere.

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.

Great place to come and recycle aluminum cans and plastic bottles. They pay good. It gets very busy…read moretry to come during off hours

0 stars. Tri-Ced failed to pick up my recycling, claiming it was inaccessible because a car was…read moreparked in front of the bin. This claim is completely unacceptable. The recycling bin was touching the street and placed directly next to two other cans that were serviced without issue by Waste Management. The driver got off the truck and serviced my address, proving accessibility was not the problem. I am located on a busy street and have no control over who parks or where people park. Expecting residents to manage street parking to accommodate Tri-Ced's convenience is unreasonable. When I called to resolve this, I was met with dismissive and poor customer service and was again told the bins were "inaccessible," despite clear evidence to the contrary. This is a failure in service, accountability, and customer support. Tri-Ced needs to own this mistake and correct it, not deflect responsibility with excuses.

This is my go-to spot when I've accumulated enough recycling worth the trouble to go. This last…read morevisit was super quick and efficient, which the workers there are good at what they do, so it was no surprise. They're fairly organized in the chaos of all their customers and somehow know how to keep everyone's stuff separated... I would not be able to keep track @_@ There is a line system for cars which they will have cars line up along the street and flag them in when there's space in their lot. This last trip probably took only 10 minutes to get out. Super grateful for recycling businesses like these. They've also changed their strictness of separating the glass and plastics by color - doesn't seem like you need to do that anymore, so separating by material is good enough fortunately. They also take wine bottles again, so that's great!

This is where I come to recycle my water bottles every few weeks!!…read more Saturdays can sometimes get kind of crowded, so I usually go on a Friday. They are pretty organized and quick here!! You pour your bottles into a garbage can with a label, and they weigh it. Also, make sure to bring your Identification with you, they check it, you sign the clipboard, then they cash you out!! Conveniently located right next to the 580 on ramp off of Fairmount in San Leandro!!!

Quick and tentative. Employees were more than willing to help and prices are fair. One of the best…read moreplaces to trade in your bags.

This is a friendly and easy location to drop off recycling. They take aluminum can, all types of…read moreplastics but not glass. The staff will give you easy to load containers and give detailed receipt. As of June 2026 I earned $1.60 per pound of aluminum. They paid me in cash on the spot.

Original Post 07/12/25 but today 07/15/25 I am so happy and excited that the Manager over all…read morethe 4 facilities to drop off hazardous waste after I left a message called back to state that he had located my item. I was so happy and glad that he put in effort to help me. I thanked him immensely and let him know how appreciated he is. I will from now on make sure to have my items correctly separated and properly sorted. ......On 07/12 I came to drop off a few items and mistakenly one item was taken. I went back to the facility to ask for my item back, but they refused. The manager refused to give me my item. I was very distraught. I had anxiety. I asked him why you wouldn't just give me my item that was mistakenly taken instead of making it so frustrating. I've gone to this facility for probably 10+ years and I've never had a problem until this time and I was just so surprised and take it back that they wouldn't help me. I called and left a message on the message line to see if there was anyone to help me but at this point I feel like it's a total loss. Overall, do visit this facility they care and they will help you if something goes wrong.

Went there to drop box off fluorescent tubes. Had like 2 dozens of them that previous of owner of…read morethe house left me as garbage I suppose. Those tubes are considered hazardous. Went there on Friday during lunch time. I was the only customer. No appointment required. You stay in the card and they will ask for id. You pop the trunk and they will take them. As soon as they see these many tubes they quickly asked if I was with any business (I suppose this site is only for household Not commercial). I said no. They didn't believe me and ask my DL and say they will check my id against known registered business. Happy to comply and Of course it retuned nothing because what I told them is the truth - precious house owner left me this junk. It was also kinda funny cuz when i said it t was previous owner one of the guys said "why is everyone telling us that" implying using precious house owner leaves hazardous materials. I don't know if it is true everyone says that but I thought it was a humorous way to react what I was saying Anyways dropped those no problem and left the premise happy.