Penfield Redemption Center
Bottle Return Hours
Closed Monday 4/8 for the Eclipse 🌑 🌞
Monday – Saturday 9:00 – 6:00
Sunday: Closed
Our Penfield Redemption Center Reviews
We are committed to being the best Penfield redemption center. With the cleanest centers and friendliest staff we can proudly call ourselves Western NY’s best locally owned.
Penfield 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?
No. Our Penfield redemption center sells their recycling to an intermediary that deals only in redemption recycling, they will not take cardboard or plastic. It would be too expensive to accept all recycling for free so unfortunately we cannot. But if there is every a way in the future we will look into it.
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?
Honestly, we aren’t sure. We have not been able to find much information about the reasoning. We have a few guesses but are uncertain.
If the container has the mark of NY 5 cents, our Penfield redemption center will take it.