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    Quality Recycling

    4.0 (91 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 4:30 pm

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    Sticky bins for self-serve filling.
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    Thought we'd try a new/different place to recycle our glass and plastic bottles and cans so I found this one in Poway. It's located near the Best Western, car maintenance places and not far from Lowe's. We pulled up with the car in one of several parking spaces. Having never been there before, we weren't sure how it went exactly, (and the guy wasn't about to tell us) but we gathered we had to 'self serve' and pour each of our recycling categories into different (sticky) bins. The guy comes and takes your bin, goes inside and I assume weighs them. You then go to the kiosk window, get a receipt and your cash. The guy doesn't say much, so don't expect much. Glad to have the option in the area.

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    Juan helped me today, very courteous and helpful! He explained what went were and is very nice

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    They close early - so plan accordingly. I've been there numerous times and have never interacted with a single person who works there.

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    Amazing place! Great service :) more people should come here to drop off their recyclables

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    very shady service / just try to be honest like if you were dealing with your own relatives !

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    Ask the Community - Quality Recycling

    Can we still provide a count if our items are under 50, and would we need to put the recyclables in one of the trash bins instead of handing the attendant our bags?

    We can take count on individual items under 50 per commodity type. Please keep them separated to make it easier for us. Thanks

    Do I need to separate plastics by type?

    Yes please. Thanks

    Do you have to remove the cap from water bottle?

    I didn't remove the caps and it was no problem.

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    Nexcycle - See photo for days and times. Less busy than most locations. Must use voucher at adjacent Vons supermarket the same day.

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    This place is called rePlanet and has been for awhile now. It's located behind the Vons in a small…read moreparking lot by a shipping container (between Vons and Walmart). They are open Tues-Sat 10am-1pm, closed 30 minutes for lunch, then 1:30pm to 4:30pm. The Machines are open during the lunch break and I think they're open until 5pm. You redeem your vouchers at the Vons on the other side of the building. I've not had a bad experience here and this is the only place I will recycle my cans/bottles for the simple fact they have 2 machines that you can feed your bottles into. For my little 500ml plastic water bottles that are 5¢ each it is worth my time/money to do them individually because there is no 50 bottle limit and I get full value back. If I was to have them weigh it you don't get as much (and the employees will tell you that) For bigger bottles like my #2 plastic larger bottles they weigh by pound and you get more money, again they tell you this because they want to help you. As far as parking there is plenty of room. I'm unsure what the issue was for the other person, but maybe if you're one of the people who park in front of it and block the drive you'd get yelled at. If you park next to the electrical box or in any of the parking spots you'll be fine. It's never that busy here. Normally no wait on the machines and most I've waited was 5 minutes for the weigh scales (due to him fixing something). I highly recommend!

    First off: Parking sucks Very dirty establishment, stuff…read moreall over the ground. They pick through your recycle & put some items aside (never explaining why). I don't feel that they are the highest redemption place. I'm looking for other places to recycle or I'll just stop all together.

    Miramar Landfill - FYI: If it's over a certain $ amount in recyclables, you'll have to wait to cash in a check next day.

    Miramar Landfill

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    It feels strange to write a review of a landfill, or "the dump" as we call it, but after our…read morerecent visit, I had a few things that I wanted to share. Now, I have been to the landfill with my husband a few times over the years, usually when we have furniture to get rid of that is too damaged to see or donate. Our most recent visit was about two weeks ago. Our old patio furniture was disintegrating, and we had discolored cushions to get rid of. We tried to figure our a less bothersome or costly way to get rid of it, but, alas, we ended up at the landfill. The first thing we noticed was that the price was increased to $69 for cars and pickups. I thought that was super expensive, a large increase from our previous visit. Anyway, the landfill, as you may imagine, it massive. The roads are mostly dirt roads once you get inside. They are hilyl, have speed bumps and ditches. They also wet the roads to keep the dust from being a problem, so we ended up driving through water. You have to watch the signs carefully to figure out where to go. Once we got to to the area to unload, it was unclear where to go. The signs directed us one way, but the other people were unloading on the other side of the mounds of trash. My husband opted to follow the others, which is lucky, as we otherwise would have gotten in the way of the work trucks. At first, the people directing us to unload were no help at all. We had to guess where to pull up. Later, one guy came by and told us that we could just drop the items at the end of the truck and didn't need to move it our into the pile. That was helpful, as we then unloaded very quickly. My husband had lamented that he often ends up with flat tires after going to this landfill. Sure enough, a few days later, he found a screw lodged in his tire. It really could have come from anyway, but that is a rough road and there is lots of junk near the unloading area. I would not recommend going unless you have a truck, as there is no way my car would have made it. All in all, going to the dump is never fun. However, sometimes you just have no other ways to get rid of stuff.

    Landfill, the word says it all. Great attention from the gents out there. And I did throw all the…read morethings I need it.

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    Took my old TV and chucked it out to who knows where, for free, so they did what they said they'd…read moredo. But let's talk about that signage out front. The place talks about some sort of "Nerd Candy" shop or something similar, which makes you think it's the business next door... but it's not. So you go in and ask about the "Nerd Candy", and if they sell candy at the tech recycling shop, but... it's just the name of their company. Then you walk back out the door and see that the same company has TWO different signs out front for TWO company names, but it's both in the same doorway and building. Finally, there's a sign that says "drop offs, use the back entrance" but this makes it sound like if you have an appointment to drop something off and leave with no explanation, you should use the back entrance, and as I had no appointment, I used the front entrance, which I got told to use the back entrance for. Better wording, like "if you have an appointment, use this entrance, if you don't, use the back" would make far more sense, but this is also a place that calls itself a brand name that sounds exactly like a candy shop at the same time as it sounds like a recycling shop. But the actual job they do, they did immaculately. No complaints there.

    Easy to find, in and out in minutes, helpful workers, assisting with the unloading of a large tv…read more This outfit is partly funded by the state, part of a program to avoid inappropriate disposal of electronics. When you buy one of those big screen, smart tv's, you pay a small fee to help the fund which supports companies like this. Well worth it. I had given away another old tv that was not a smart one, but this one had our sign in information on it so giving it away was not an option. Drove in without an appointment, saw the front door with excellent signage, directing me to the back side of the building, where the workers took over, had me sign my address and phone number, and finished!

    Quality Recycling - recyclingcenter - Updated May 2026

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