Carbonated Soft Drinks Put In Recyclables (Blue) Cart Take to Buyback Center / CRV Recycling General Buyback Center Information The Buyback Center helps keep our communities clean by accepting recyclables such as aluminum, glass, and plastic in exchange for cash. If you are looking to redeem your cans and bottles for CRV (California Redemption Value), please visit our Buyback and Recycling Center, located at 2880 Industry St., Oceanside 92054 (located one block south of Oceanside Blvd.). Customer Service Line: (760) 439-2824 Hours of Operation Tuesday – Saturday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm Closed for lunch 12:00 pm – 12:40 pm and on observed holidays Items that are recyclable but have no redemption value may be dropped off as donation. The Buyback Center does not accept scrap metal and scrap plastics. Refund Items: CRV aluminum & metal cans CRV glass CRV plastic #1-#7 Other Non CRV Items Accepted: Mixed paper (magazines, mail, phone books, white and colored paper) Cardboard (corrugated boxes, cereal boxes,tissue boxes) Non CRV aluminum, glass and plastic containers Used household batteries (AA, AAA, C, D, 9-volt, Alkaline, Rechargeable, Lithium, coin cell, and small button size) Used motor oil and used oil filters Sharps Donatable textiles and other small donations Newspaper Eligible for California Redemption Value (CRV) California Redemption Value (CRV) is 5 cents for containers smaller than 24 oz and 10 cents for containers larger than 24 oz. Containers Accepted Per CRV Visit You can bring up to 50 aluminum, 50 glass, 50 plastic and 50 bi-metal CRV containers and request to be paid by count. What to Tell the CRV Attendant Inform the CRV site attendant of your load content and how you would like to receive payment before you hand over your load. Any consumer who has been denied this right by a recycling center can file a complaint via email or call 1-800-RECYCLE. Rinse Out Before Recycling Empty and rinse out beverage containers before recycling or redeeming them for cash. Moisture and dirt contaminate the recycling. A CRV site attendant may reject a pile if it is excessively contaminated. Leave Caps Attached to Plastic Bottles It’s OK to recycle caps and lids on plastic containers, as long as they are still attached to their original containers. Do Not Crush Cans You do not need to flatten or crush beverage containers. If you’re using an automated reverse vending machine (RVM), keep the containers as they are, so the machine can recognize the container type. If you are weighing them, they can be brought in whole or flattened. Did You Know? How Much Energy Does Recycling Soda Cans Save? A single new soda can (made with virgin aluminum) uses the same amount of energy as twenty soda cans that are made from recycled material. Also, recycling one soda can saves enough energy to run a television for three hours. How Quickly Are Soda Cans Recycled? It only takes about 60 days for soda cans to make it back onto store shelves after they are recycled.
