The staff are amazing here and eager to assist with the bottles and bags full of recyclable items…read more Jay has assisted me the last two times. Very well mannered, professional and friendly. Tha k you Chinook Bottle Depot. Take care. /Nancy (Nancy L. Erickson)

I have gone to various Calgary bottle depots and have gotten ripped off and had rude/nonexistent…read morecustomer service. I saw the great reviews here for Chinook Bottle Depot and thought I'd check them out. The first thing I noticed is how quiet the machines were-no yelling to talk to the attendant. She gave me the exact amount for my bottles! And no line-ups! The second time I went, a man working there came out, brought a cart to my car, and helped me fill it up w/ my bottles. I've NEVER had this happen at any other depot. They have earned my patronage, and I will be driving the extra km to come here! Very impressed :)

Positives Relatively clean for a bottle depot…read moreAmple parking Lots of shopping carts available for customer use Well-organized layout for queuing and getting bottles counted Computerized count tracking Touchless sanitizer, soap and water faucet for clean up Negative Always short on the count and conveniently forget to include a batch in the computer summation. EVERYTIME Even with the short-counting, this is still my preferred bottle depot in the SW quadrant

1st to say I am miffed cuz now I have to unload all of this crapola when I should've been able to…read moretake the whole maybe 2 minutes to unload all of the ready counted bagged & tagged empty recyclables!!! How stupid!! I've worked not here in Trail but other recycling gigs so I know it can be messy & time consuming therefore I take the time in the comfort of my cold drafty garage at home where I can make a couple more empties & wash my hands with my yummy smelling girly soaps & hot water!! AND the people always coming late & expecting it to be okay that they just start doing their recycling just cuz the door's open anyways NOT okay & that's where you as that stores Customer Service have the right to turn people away with some static given usually but that is life & we usually should understand,!! HOWEVER....IT IS NOT OK & JUST PLAIN SHITTY to just be closed early cuz you don't like to have to spend those few extra minutes paying out for the employees to have to "Close Shop"! Too bad, that is just tooo bad!! Today is the first time EVER in ohhh EVER that it was closed early!!?! YOU SAY WHAT??? I KNOW!! I literally live a minute & a half, ok 2 minute drive just down the street & I know they close at 4, past experience has taught me no longer 5pm, okay fine. It is usually a busy hustle bustle environment with peeps coming & going constantly & I understand that if you allow people will just keep coming & going probably all night if you don't actually close & lock the doors BUT TO HAVE DOORS & BAY DOORS DROPPED DOWN, DOORS LOCKED & CASH TILLS ALREADY CASHED OUT & SHUT DOWN BEFORE the POSTED closing time is just plain old shitty business!! The online link says OPEN - 4pm but also CLOSING SOON & it's only 3:5o or 3:55 or even 3:59 with the Main Door closed & locked & a hand written showing Store Hours with 4pm closing THAT IS SOOO NOT 4PM!! I got to the Depot, took pictures, looked at the Online info site, swore a bit, swore alot & drove off & by the time I got home it was then just 4:o2 & guess what!!? THAT IS WHEN IT IS EXCEPTABLE TO BE CLOSED because it is after 4pm!! Now i have very little to almost no gas & wasn't expecting an early closure so hopefully I don't need to get far as I won't make it so a huge eff you very much followed through with a thank you so kindly for your bullshit posted Store Hours!! I guess there's always tomorrow!! Definately NOT IMPRESSED, at ALL!! HUGE RANT OVER!! AND I did take pictures & screen shots of the time just to accredit the actual time frame & lack of a what should still be open business & my #bagged & tagged's for return...tomorrow! Someone will be lucky if they don't get this as their personal AM what not to do earful way to start their day!! (*insert middle finger here*)

I'll admit I don't hit up bottle depots often, so I don't have a whole lot to compare with, but we…read moreused to go to this depot when I was a kid so there's a sort of nostalgia attached to it. They've still got shopping carts for you to bring in your bottles with, the same spinning metal cylinders on the conveyer belt and the red bins that you put the cans and bottles in. And the old-school till that they ring items through on. A few things have changed - it seemed busier when I was younger, whereas at 10am on Saturday morning we had no problem getting in & out in less than 20 minutes. Not sure if that's because more people forgo the deposit and put their bottles in the blue bins, or because there's another depot just north of this one on Horton Rd. They also sort for you now, whereas in the past they didn't. I'm a little weary of that because I'm convinced they take a cut of what you bring in, but I didn't bother counting what we were due so I can't say it for sure. It won't stop me from coming again. Review #8 of Yelp's 30 Day Challenge 2012

I was in with three large garbage bags of cans/bottles. I was given a refund for only 86 items…read more One of these bags easily held more than that. If you use this depot, be sure to know how many items you are taking in. I won't be returning to this place. Not sure if it was dishonesty, or machine malfunction. Not acceptable in either case, and the attendant must have realized there were many more items than 86.

I drop off at this depot quite frequently. I find the staff pleasant and extremely efficient, the…read morecounts are accurate. The place does get busy at times, but I seldom wait more than a few minutes. The payment system (scanner) is a bit temperamental. However as the other customers are typically nice, someone else in line will help you get the machine to scan and dispense your money. There is also an electronics recycling area off to the right side of the building interior, so you can often get two errands done at once,

Wow impressive. First time coming to a bottle return it depot in Calgary. It is definitely much…read moremore efficient than the ones in Vancouver. Vancouver should learn from them. I went in and out in less than 5 mins. You head to a counter and the guy just sorts and counts really fast. Wow he is surly a pro. After he is done counting, he will give you a card where you head to a machine to redeem. They are awesome. Definitely WOW.

Great bottle Depot!!!!! A little while back I went here and they weren't busy... a couple workers…read moreeven came out to my car and helped me unload all the bags of bottles and bring them inside!! Even at a place like this I thought that service was definitely above and beyond!!!! Nice, quick & efficient!! My bottle Depot of choice in the south!!

From the owner: You can rely on our dedicated staff to provide you with fast and accurate counts on your empty…read morebeverage containers. We also provide quick drop services for charities, non-profits, sports teams and businesses to minimize and eliminate your wait times.

This is our go to bottle depot when we have a few bags of bottles and some small electronic…read morerecycling. Staff are friendly. Sorting is efficient and they have a conveyer belt. Counts are accurate. Large parking lot. There is also a place inside for electronics recycling.

Amazing service, fast and efficient! The process was so quick from parking up to getting paid! 10/10read more

After the recent drop in scrap Copper prices I called almost every yard. in the city …read more I called bare wire and to my surprise they were offering more money for my insulated wire there bright price was lower then a few other yards but I got alot more money for my insulated wire I will be back ......

Thank you, thank you for such an awesome little place. Staff was so ready and friendly thanks for…read moreyour help. Thanks for taking my lights. Spring cleaning has just started I will be back!!!