Albion Redemption Center
Bottle Return Hours
Closed Monday 4/8 for the Eclipse 🌑 🌞
Monday – Saturday 10:00 – 6:00
Sunday: Closed
Our Albion Redemption Center Reviews
As is the case with all of our locations, our Albion redemption center takes pride in our work and in our goals. We strive to be the friendliest, cleanest & fastest redemption center in the country. Once you switch to Upstate, we guarantee you will never want to use another redemption center or go back to the grocery store machines ever again.
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Albion Bottle Return FAQ
Who we are?
What do we accept?
What don't we accept?
- Non-deposit bottles & cans
- Gatorade
- Iced Teas
- Juice
- Milk, etc. Our buyer’s plant does not process non-deposits.
- Kegs
- Growlers
- Water cooler jugs
- Crumpled or crunch items
- Wrapperless items
Why no crushed or wrapperless items?
We have to sell the bottles and cans back based on average bag capacity per the size of the item. So, if we put crushed cans in our bags we are putting in a lot more than the average bag capacity and lose money. If we don’t have wrappers to identify the item, we can’t put it with the correct bags to be properly accounted.
How do we make money?
Do we take all recycling?
In a way, Our Albion Redemption Center can recycle the bags and boxes you bring your returnable in. But, we cannot accept cardboard and plastic in bulk. Our intermediary won’t buy back non-drinking receptacles and the garbage bill would be too high to not charge you. Sorry!
We recommend taking all of your other recycling needs to ecopark. They can recycle most things for free, small fee can apply for more hazardous materials.
Does it matter where I bought them?
What makes it depositable or not?
Long story short, we are unsure. The research we have done has not lead to any reliable info on that topic so anything I could think of would be just a guess. However, an easy way to guide yourself on this question is carbonated drinks and water are almost always depositable, non-corbonated drinks such as juice, wine and liquor are not. Though, there are exceptions to this guide. Just bring them in and we can tell you. We will recycle it either way.