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SDC Recycling Services

3.9 (55 reviews)
Closed 7:30 am - 5:00 pm
Updated 3 months ago

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Rich M.

A 5 star recycling place if there ever was one..!! And I've been to many, let me tell you. All of the employees are super friendly and helpful. There are plenty of containers to use and separate your recycling, and the guys will even bring them to your car for you! Since I only go every 2 or 3 months, I don't mind driving a little out of my way to come here. Actually, it is only about 5 miles from me and right off the freeway so no big deal. I spend more time separating all the different colors of glass bottles than I do getting my $$. They are very efficient here and will have you out in no time at all. I have never had any issues with them, although I'm not filling my bottles with liquids or lead as they do police this and rightly so. This place seems to have less unsavory characters than other recycling businesses. The coolest thing to me (although a little weird) is that they give you a receipt for the amount you sold to them, then you just take step back and turn to your right and there's an ATM machine where you insert your receipt and out comes your cash- then your day just got a little better!

He made me smile by giving me a pair of socks
Chris F.

go see the man of the hour! hes really a bless man with an awsome sense of humor and hard working values. great prices on recycling all types of stuff. me today im just doing cans! stay blessed daniel the world needs more like you!

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Gaby J.

These guys are super nice, quick, and reliable. Came here around 4 on a hot saturday afternoon and was finished in less than 10 minutes. Granted, I only have cans and bottles from a household of one so I can't say my experience will be the same for most. And for all the cans that fit in my sortera recycling bin, I received $2.60 ($2.50 is usually the average, but the guy on the counter added 10 more cents for the nonrecyclable cans that I brought). He even told me about the hand sanitizer available on the premises. (I didn't ask but maybe, he knew I was a clean freak...lol) Close to the 94 onramps and behind the ARCO gas station, it's a pretty convenient place if you live in east county. Plus, the station has one of the lowest gas prices I saw in the area.

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One of the best recycle centers in San Diego. Very courteous staff top dollar paid on aluminum and steel won't be going anywhere else.

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These guys are always helpful and the nicest and fairest recycling place in east county. Easy in, easy out!!

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The center is nice. As soon as I parked an employee was bringing me the carts for our cans and plastic bottles. Will visit again

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I used to have good luck using the ecoATM to turn in old electronic devices. Of course it is…read morepreferred that I get cash... even if it's a small amount but sometimes I have had devices that are too old and a simple matter of recycling can be utilized. After a few relatively good experiences with this type of ATM I ran into all sorts of problems in order to get a transaction completed. One hiccup it kept having was acknowledging my ID. And then after that hurdle was crossed then the machine had problems detecting just what kind of device I was trying to have assessed for cash value. This was attempted a few different times and on more than one occasion. Finally I had enough of playing around with this machine and have washed my hands of using it any further.

eco atm = TOTAL WASTE OF TIME & EFFORT Over the last 5…read moreyears, I have TRIED to use ECO ATM 8-10 times, EVERY SINGLE TIME the machine screwed up. It couldn't read/identify my unlocked old phone(that was NOT a dinosaur or broken or cracked or damaged AT ALL) it couldn't read/scan my Driver License, the plug didn't work, it offered a far lower amount than the online estimate for NO REASON. Today was the worst. 1st, I had an offer for $130, I took the code to the location the website said was near me & available. I get there & it has a message on the screen to the effect of out of order & gave the nearest working locations. I go to the nearest one, big surprise - it can't identify my phone, then it can't connect, it rotates a new connector, it can't connect to my old phone??? it asks to scan it unconnected, it identifies my phone as 128 vs the 512GB I KNOW IT IS. it offers 54% of the online offer because it says the phone is 128GB when in fact I KNOW IT IS 512GB, These machines SUCK, I have every time ended up doing the online/mail in with sellcell or the like, & EVERY TIME I did that, I got exactly what the online offer was, although I had to wait a few days for the check(my preferred pay method) to arrive. Summary: eco atm-100% PROBLEMS & ERRORS of 8to10 tries, Online Send In phone - 100% GREAT. eco atm sucks don't waste your time. Seriously, I'll never try them again, even if they were the only game in town, fortunately, they are NOT.

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