RePlanet Recycling Closes Doors In Rancho Santa Margarita

RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, CA — The rePlanet Buyback Center, a network of locations that paid cash for cans and bottles, terminated all employees and closed its 284 recycling sites throughout California Tuesday, including the ones in Orange County, according to a company statement.

Company officials cited a reduction in state fees, the depressed pricing of recycled aluminum and PET plastic, rising operating costs, minimum wage increases, plus health and workers compensation insurance, as factors for the shutdown, calling the business "no longer sustainable."

The corporation will file for Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors and will liquidate its assets, a rePlanet spokesperson said.

Residents who redeemed cans and bottles for cash with rePlanet still have other options in the area.

Click here to find other centers and to read more on recycling in California. A few facilities are listed below:

• Albertsons, Orange
• Ralphs, Rancho Santa Margarita
• Ralphs, Mission Viejo
• Albertsons, Mission Viejo
• Ralphs, Irvine