Important Message: The Buy-Back Center at Gold Coast Recycling is open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. In keeping with social distancing standards, the buy-back facility requires all customers to wear masks, and all recyclables must be bagged and separated into categories of plastic, aluminum and glass.
Items not separated will not be accepted. For additional information, call (805) 642-9236. Diversion is the first priority at Gold Coast, with all disposed materials sorted to assure that as much tonnage as possible is extracted before the materials are compacted and transferred to a landfill. Diversion takes precedence above all else.
Items not separated will not be accepted. For additional information, call (805) 642-9236. Diversion is the first priority at Gold Coast, with all disposed materials sorted to assure that as much tonnage as possible is extracted before the materials are compacted and transferred to a landfill. Diversion takes precedence above all else.
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In a lifetime, the average American will throw away an estimated 600 times his or her adult weight in garbage. For a 200-pound adult, that would be 120,000 pounds - or 60 tons - of trash. Gold Coast Recycling, in its 30 years, has recovered thousands of tons of fiber materials (paper, cardboard, etc.), saving millions of trees.
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Randy Williams
Dec 25, 2021
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Patrick Borland
Dec 15, 2021
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Tim Comstock
Jun 28, 2021
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Pamela S.
Jun 15, 2021
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Drove out here to drop off a vehicle loaded with what was labeled as HDPE 2 recyclable. However it did not have a California recyclable code and therefore I paid 30 bucks to dump it. I drove up to the dump yard and the guy asked for my paid receipt then left and offered no assistance. Had I known I would be paying, I would have saved the trip and rented a dumpster. I won't be back anytime soon.
Robert Korfanta
Jun 03, 2021
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Elle Naomi
Feb 13, 2021
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Jeffrey
Dec 16, 2020
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This morning I waited over an hour in line at Gold Coast to recycle about 25 lbs of plastic bottles. After about an hour I was directed to another short line to the buy-back consumer kiosk. My bottles were weighed and I was given a receipt showing the weight and price for the bottles. I was directed then back to the end of the original line which, by that time, was all the way to Sperry Drive. Estimated wait to reach the payment kiosk was over 2 hrs and the receipt expires at 3 pm. Asking someone to wait almost 4 hrs to sell and be paid for recycling is unconscionable. When I called and asked if
Remy Gambit Burnaugh
Dec 07, 2020
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Gold Coast is a reasonably clean recycle center but can be a bit confusing if you don’t go often. I understand that California has stringent recycling rules, but they aren’t always super clear as to what can and can’t be recycled. The staff, however, is always very gracious and happy to assist. As recycling centers go, you really can’t go wrong here.
Maria Medina
Aug 18, 2020
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Sugarsail
Jun 26, 2019
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I called this company twice to see if they took paper and they assured me they did. I got there and then they said they didn't take paper. This company has no clue what they're doing, they're disorganized, they give conflicting info, and they have an incorrect address at Lirio Avenue listed online. Then the thug that runs the scales acted like he was doing ME a favor by making an exception to their rules of no paper. This unfriendly, disorganized and hostile company should be out of business. Why bother with them when there are several other recycling centers available.
