Regional Recycling Vancouver Bottle Depot
8 reviews 960 Evans Ave, Vancouver, BC +1 855-701-7171 www.regionalrecycling.ca/vancouver-recycling-depot suggest an edit
27 October 2023 6:46
This location is the best for recycling small electronics! The tall, cheerful Philippino (?) fellow today even helped me remove items from my car. Thank you! Also, I was denied recycling my computer monitor and karaoke machine at a different depot so appreciate this place even more! It took about 2 mins. The only thing I was slightly worried about was the very bumpy and gravelly road driving to and from, due to all the construction in the area.
06 September 2023 7:39
Even though it clearly states on their website that they take water coolers, the Burnaby location would not accept ours. Staff were not very helpful.
04 August 2023 15:33
Great place to recycle small and large electronics/appliances, paint/pesticides/gas, bottles. No soft/flexible plastics here!
14 July 2023 10:51
Our Business has become a Regular Customer after trying others in town. Your Kind Professional Friendly Staff offer a Great experience. Location is a struggle but the Wonderful Service is worth it
06 June 2023 15:10
Very good recycling depot. I go there a lot but I wish they would oil the wheels on those blue carts it hurts my wrists they are so difficult to turn them and steer them. Just need some WD 40 on them. We are all helping the environment by returning our bottles and containers to the correct place now help us make it easier. Thank you
27 April 2023 0:44
Second time ever going here (it was strictly due to time schedules) and it was pretty laughable.staff wernt helpful, they want you to do not just sorting (which I don't mind) but counts as well. - I was under the impression this was part of their job? -
I wouldn't recommend this place unless faced with closing times and your work hours of others being incompatible.my first experience posted below.after working a long day and sorting bottles it'd be nice if it wasn't up to the patrons to count for you.that's what staff is for.isn't it? What stops anyone from adding extra onto their haul withstaff relying on customers to do half their job?
my first time at this location and u quite liked being able to be outside in the sun doing what could be a monotonous job.
- HOWEVER, after sorting for 1.5 hours and walking up to get them counted I was rudely asked "how many.well don't you know? ! " I said if she wanted me to count it will take me a min.her response was "ur wasting my time"
being my first time here I wasn't aware I was to have everything counted and just walk up with numbers.no where is that posted.though there is a sign that says staff will count. I'm sorry but I dont understand how someone working at a bottle depots time is wasted by counting bottles brought by patrons.as pleasant as being outside, the carts available and drive up option is.being treated decently by staff at other locations seems a better deal
I wouldn't recommend this place unless faced with closing times and your work hours of others being incompatible.my first experience posted below.after working a long day and sorting bottles it'd be nice if it wasn't up to the patrons to count for you.that's what staff is for.isn't it? What stops anyone from adding extra onto their haul withstaff relying on customers to do half their job?
my first time at this location and u quite liked being able to be outside in the sun doing what could be a monotonous job.
- HOWEVER, after sorting for 1.5 hours and walking up to get them counted I was rudely asked "how many.well don't you know? ! " I said if she wanted me to count it will take me a min.her response was "ur wasting my time"
being my first time here I wasn't aware I was to have everything counted and just walk up with numbers.no where is that posted.though there is a sign that says staff will count. I'm sorry but I dont understand how someone working at a bottle depots time is wasted by counting bottles brought by patrons.as pleasant as being outside, the carts available and drive up option is.being treated decently by staff at other locations seems a better deal
12 February 2023 13:40
This used to be a very comfortable user-friendly place to recycle with the possibility of going inside on rainy days to calmly sort out refundable on various counters they used to have, but first they removed the ones in the main sorting area and more recently removed the ones in the back area on the left where you go to get carts.
It seems that they keep trying to "fix' what isn't broken. Most recently they took away another outdoor "counter-like area" where people used to sort stuff and now they replaced this whole area on the right hand side with metal structures the width of the carts that are supposed to direct "traffic" for getting these wheeled carts. They used to just push them on the left side and it was very simple to go and grab one. Well there is no problem getting these carts, but it has all of a sudden a new problem has cropped up! The plastic blue trays where cans and bottles are placed are now very hard to reach if a pile of them happen to be on the INSIDE lane of the carts. I had to climb over the metal structure and over an empty cart just to reach a bunch of trays that were piled on a cart on the inside lane. Again, why fix what was never broken?
The depot should have been left the way it was two years ago when there were bins to sort plastics, paper products and garbage. All these bins were removed too as well as the little battery and electronics recycling place inside the depot on the right. Why?
I don't understand what the reasons are for making all these unnecessary changes that only inconvenience the customer.
It seems that they keep trying to "fix' what isn't broken. Most recently they took away another outdoor "counter-like area" where people used to sort stuff and now they replaced this whole area on the right hand side with metal structures the width of the carts that are supposed to direct "traffic" for getting these wheeled carts. They used to just push them on the left side and it was very simple to go and grab one. Well there is no problem getting these carts, but it has all of a sudden a new problem has cropped up! The plastic blue trays where cans and bottles are placed are now very hard to reach if a pile of them happen to be on the INSIDE lane of the carts. I had to climb over the metal structure and over an empty cart just to reach a bunch of trays that were piled on a cart on the inside lane. Again, why fix what was never broken?
The depot should have been left the way it was two years ago when there were bins to sort plastics, paper products and garbage. All these bins were removed too as well as the little battery and electronics recycling place inside the depot on the right. Why?
I don't understand what the reasons are for making all these unnecessary changes that only inconvenience the customer.
10 November 2022 19:29
Filing cabinets. FYI
I was told over the phone that they do not take them. How are we to dispose of one? There was no suggestion.
Staff tried looking online but with no luck.
We later found online that the Vancouver Zero Waste Centre does take them.
Bravo! Located on Yukon St at Marine Dr, drive-in and unload. We went from Kent Ave - Approach driving North, watch as there may be a line up on the right side of the road.
I was told over the phone that they do not take them. How are we to dispose of one? There was no suggestion.
Staff tried looking online but with no luck.
We later found online that the Vancouver Zero Waste Centre does take them.
Bravo! Located on Yukon St at Marine Dr, drive-in and unload. We went from Kent Ave - Approach driving North, watch as there may be a line up on the right side of the road.