Sooo, I've been coming here for sometime and each time they have been amazing. They greet you as…read moresoon as you pull up, help sort, and move fast. Oso aka Bear is a sweetheart and took care of me. Best recycling center in AV.

They always hook me up when I need to recycle my cans. I feel like I get more money when I come…read morehere too.

Happy Earth Day, 2026!…read more Did you know that humans produce over 460 million metric tons of plastic every year? After learning this, the first thought that came to my mind was 'This is a huge number! How much actually is this?' Consider this: This is more weight than the weight of the Eiffel Tower (Paris), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Brooklyn Bridge (New York), Empire State Building (New York), Statue of Liberty (New York), Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy), Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Burj Khalifa (Dubai), Space Needle (Seattle), Tokyo Skytree (Japan), The Pentagon (Virginia), and the Great Wall of China, ALL COMBINED, TIMES SEVEN! That's A LOT of plastic! Worse yet, we produce this amount of plastic EVERY year, and studies predict that it takes approximately 450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill. That means that the plastic bottle that you throw in the trash will still be there for approximately 18 generations of your descendants after you. If you don't recycle, you are literally trashing our planet for your own offspring! And, Earth is the only planet that we know of that is capable of supporting life. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. Aside from trying to be a good citizen of planet Earth, I also recycle because I could always use some extra cash. I can usually pocket around $20 for every visit I make here, which really helps because I am certainly not a rich man. This particular location is a great option for recycling, here at "Benites Recycling," located just behind Bob's Market (Lancaster, California). I've been to this location several times. The money you receive by recycling here is similar to what you will receive at other nearby recycling centers. There are three things I like about this location in particular, as follows: (1) they typically do not require you to show your I.D. like they do at some other locations; (2) they use lightweight recycling bins, so they can quickly obtain an accurate weight of your recycling without having to tare the weight of the bins; and (3) the wait here is usually minimal because there are usually less people here than at some of the other recycling centers I have gone to. Although I believe the folks here are honest, the only thing I don't like about this location is how the actual recycling weight is difficult for the customer to see unless the customer walks around the scale and stands next to the employee reading the weight. Aside from this one drawback, I do like coming here for the reasons mentioned above. I'll definitely return to this location in the future. If you don't recycle here, please recycle somewhere.

i usually take my cans to genesis recycling but this recycling place was closer to my work so i…read moredecided to stop here worst mistake i could have made. i started emptying the cans like i usually do. i started to get swarmed by bees and i decided to stop because i didn't want to get stung so i mentioned to one of the workers that i couldn't continue because of the bees and i was going to pack up whatever i had left and go back. one of the workers decided to help me finish which was very nice of him. i did not expect him to help me but he was nice and decided to. after everything was done one of the workers (female) told me that next time i have to do it myself in a very rude tone. i told her i understand that but i was not about to get stung so i decided to stop and the nice guy decided to help me which he did not have to. she was very rude and continued to talk back to me (the customer) made me feel very unwelcome. i will not be going back to this place.

Did you know that humans produce over 460 million metric tons of plastic every year? After…read morelearning this, the first thought that came to my mind was 'This is a huge number! How much actually is this?' Consider this: This is more weight than the weight of the Eiffel Tower (Paris), Golden Gate Bridge (San Francisco), Brooklyn Bridge (New York), Empire State Building (New York), Statue of Liberty (New York), Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy), Great Pyramid of Giza (Egypt), Burj Khalifa (Dubai), Space Needle (Seattle), Tokyo Skytree (Japan), The Pentagon (Virginia), and the Great Wall of China, COMBINED, TIMES SEVEN! That's A LOT of plastic! Worse yet, we produce this amount of plastic EVERY year, and studies predict that it takes approximately 450 years for a plastic bottle to decompose in a landfill. That means that the plastic bottle that you throw in the trash will still be there for approximately 18 generations of your descendants after you. If you don't recycle, you are literally trashing our planet for your own offspring! And, Earth is the only planet that we know of that is capable of supporting life. OK, I'll get off my soapbox now. Aside from trying to be a good citizen of planet Earth, I also recycle because I could always use some extra cash. Whenever I recycle, I can usually pocket somewhere between $20 and $40. It's nice to get a little extra cash, right? This particular location is a great option for recycling, here at the "A.V. Recycling Center" (Lancaster, California). I've been to this location several times. It's usually a pretty busy place, usually with a few other folks recycling here as well. Even though it can be a little busy, three of the things I like about this location are: (1) they typically do not require you to show your I.D. like they do at some other locations, (2) they are careful to weigh your items and then tare the weight of the bins for an accurate measurement, and (3) the weight and calculation are visible to the customer, to give the customer confidence in the honesty of the men who work here. As I mentioned earlier, it's a little busy here, but there are a few good reasons to recycle here instead of recycling at another location. I'll definitely return to this location in the future. If you don't recycle here, please recycle somewhere.

This is the place I recycle. I would have liked to see a few more people working on the intake of…read morerecyclables to speed up the process. Overall it is a good and local place I can bring my recyclables. There are other local places but when I find a place to do business I seldom switch.

Cleanest junk yard ever, prices are really to a bit more compared to (the computer), they have…read morebasically 2 recycling centers next to each other, 1 is for reclining artist weigh in on the scale, 2 is for reclining artist that have mixed metals and CRV. I also like the chairs to sit down,and the portable water faucet and soap to clean your self up. The negative things are Saturday hours are only 7:30am to 12:00moon, and closed Sundays.

Went To recycle scrap metal. Place was as good as a recycling place up here can be. They take most…read moreeverything metal and put more for copper brass ect at the scales on the left.

They are actually open 7 Days a week, which makes it more convenient for me and my family. The…read morecustomer service was great, I will definitely go back again.

I appreciate that they were open early, which allowed me to drop off my containers and be out…read moreinside of three minutes.

Fantastic customer service! They went out of their way to help me out with my order and were very…read moreprompt in delivering the bin. I will definitely use them again!

Apparently this company does construction too, well I wouldn't recommend this company do come and…read moredo anything. First off they can't keep the appointment on time, showing up 1 hr and 15 later. There employees complain that they changed the schedule and whine that no time was give. Hello it's a job things happen that change. I asked for a quote to build a wall. Never got it and was listing to the employee whining that I didn't give him time. I had 2 companies to do 1 thing and give me a quote, Bernal bros employee complaining that I didn't give him 5 mins, the second company that came on time did it with in less than 5 mins and didn't complain.

my grand children love to recycle here the workers are helpful and fair price for recyclablesread more

If I could give less than a star, I would. They are crooks, liars, and disgusting people who had no…read moreissues talking horribly about customers coming to recycle. They also had no problem asking one another what hair color they thought my female area was either. They just spoke to each other in Spanish because they assumed I could not understand them. I made it a point to call ahead and verify I could be paid the CRV redemption if I brought my aluminum cans, glass bottles, and plastic beverage containers to be recycled there. I was assured I would be paid as such. I made sure to pre-count all my recycling before leaving for the facility as well. I had 832 aluminum soda cans, 229 glass beer bottles, and 302 2-liter plastic soda bottles in total. Here is what I was given: Aluminum 6.0 lbs @ $1.68 = $10.08; 53 lbs @ $0.15 = $5.57; and 11.0 lbs @ $1.32 = $14.52. A total of $30.17! They are liars, scammers, and I felt them to be quite misogynistic as well. 0/10 NEVER RECYCLE AT AV RECYCLING!!!

Closed Sundays, and for auto recycling pick up they offered me zero dollars. I bought a home in Hi…read moreVista, it has 28 vehicle abandoned on property. They said they will do a courtesy pick up one vehicle at a time because they use a 4td party tow truck. As big as this please is and I find it strange they do not have a tow truck .

Been going here for years. Everyone is always kind and helpful. Recycling cans, bottles and glass…read moreis always quick and efficient:

Since this is only recycling business I use, I cannot compare them. But obviously, I am satisfied…read more On Saturdays they may be really busy but they are quick and just go about their business of unloading your car and giving you a receipt. In addition to pop bottles and cans, I want to recycle wine bottles and don't care that they do not pay for those. I believe they were once set up to allow customers to contribute their pay-outs to our son's Boy Scout troop. Maybe they still do that with other non-profits. I hope they recycle cardboard whether they pay or not. I don't want it to go to the landfill.

Be careful when you go in and sell your recycles, specially copper. Called in asking how much…read morecopper was selling for and dude said $4.40. When he gave me the receipt it said $3.75. Make sure yall pay attention.