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Ponce Recycling Center

3.6 (19 reviews)

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5 months ago

Organized, clean, courteous, value is standard I believe. Convenient, just behind Ralphs. Seal Beach .

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2 months ago

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7 months ago

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4 months ago

there is no signage thats its behind ralphs ive been in area 12 years and today saw place

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1 year ago

First time here. VERY VERY clean spot. Good service from the gentleman there. I recommend.

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2 years ago

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2 years ago

Hard to find around back of the shopping center, but they'll take your recycling and give you a few bucks for it.

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5 years ago

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3 years ago

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4 years ago

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4 years ago

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3 years ago

Ponce refuses to pay for wine bottles even though you pay $.10 for every bottle in the grocery store. They only offer $.01 for scrap.

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4 years ago

Very nice employees and it wasn't busy at all! I appreciate the friendliness of the workers.

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5 years ago

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5 years ago

Love taking my kids to turn in cans and plastic here, the gentleman is so kind and always gives my kids little toys that he has collected.

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Ask the Community - Ponce Recycling Center

Do they do cardboard?

No, they don't do cardboards. But, they only do aluminum cans and glass bottles or plastic bottles for refunds only.

Are we allowed to bring the crush aluminum cans and remove the water bottle caps?

I had no problem bring crushed cans and crushed plastic bottles with no caps at the location behind Ralphs.

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“Open daily from 9am-5pm Located behind Ralph's The guy working today was so sweet and helpful!”

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Sunset Recycling Center - Recycling

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The Girl who was working there was super sweet. She delayed her lunch break so i didn't have to…read morecome back. She even hopped up in the back of the truck and busted out a pair of scissors to cut the bags open for me to dump them quicker into their baskets.They paid $1.90 per lb. and were located right behind Costco in Cypress. Highly Recomended !!!

My wife and I recycle aluminum cans. Our SUV holds 8 large trash bags full. Typically, that will…read moreget us between $80 and $100. We took 8 bags to Sunset Recycling today, and those 8 bags filled 6 of their recycling baskets. The cashier handed me a $1, a $5, and 4 bills I thought were $20s. $86 was about what I was expecting. When I got home, I realized they were actually only $10 bills. We went back to the center and asked to see our receipt. It said we had 27 pounds worth of aluminum. I questioned if that seemed right for 6 baskets full. The guy claimed it was. That would be less than 5 pounds per basket. I watched him weigh the next customers baskets, and each was 8-10 pounds. So, what do we think happened? Because the parking next to the center was full, we parked behind the Costco instead. We filled 6 of their recycling baskets with cans, plus a basket with a little bit of plastic and one with an insignificant amount of glass - that's 8 baskets total. We dragged over 4 of the baskets, then went back and grabbed the other 4. We think they took in a few of the first set of baskets we dragged over without weighing them first, then weighed the second set of baskets while we stood there. There is no way for us to prove that is what happened, but it seems like the logical conclusion. How can I be so sure 27 pounds is way too light? We had another 8 bags of cans to recycle. Immediately after, we took them to a competitor down the street. Those 8 bags of cans weighed in at just under 50 pounds for $85. So, yeah, we are 100% sure they ripped us off.

Ponce Recycling Center - recyclingcenter - Updated October 2026

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