South Lake Refuse & Recycling

Eric Hoefler

They pull your can for an underpayment instead of communicating with you then they tell you it will be a week before they deliver you the cans that could have stayed had they simply picked up a phone or sent a letter. I guess it is too hard to deliver a can on a non-pickup day, and people wonder where customer service has gone....

Kahlon Graham

There are some harsh reviews on here, considering these people work with garbage all day and could easily make your life miserable by missing a pickup. I’ve been using south lake refuse about 5 years now and never really had a problem. They always pick up when they are supposed to, their large item pickup is a life saver, and the dump is, honestly, probably one of the cleanest businesses in Clearlake. They once didn’t pick up an old couch I’d left for them but my driveway isn’t on the street my address is so I suppose that can be forgiven. Oh and prices at the dump are so cheap it’s almost laughable. If I go to the doctor’s office I’d expect some candor from the staff, when I go to the dump I’m just glad they’re making this stuff go away for me, regardless of attitude.

El Mayordomo

For the folks that say the folks that work at the dump are rude, well, think about it. It's a dump! Why do you go there, to dump stuff ugly stuff, funky stuff. Now, you deal with all kinds of people that complain about anything including the price you pay because you do not want that funky stuff at your house. Suggestion, in general, be nice and you will be treated nice :). P.S: I do not work there!

Charles Gill

I think I can only review this "dump" compared to other dumps. I have been to the Colma Dump, on the site of the current Home Depot. The Hillside Dump and the San Francisco Recycling Dump. The hardest part of this dump is dividing the stuff into the correct places for recycling. There's a place for metal, appliances, e-waste, paper, cardboard, lumber, bottles, and cans. The actual landfill only takes dirty paper, carpet, plastic trash, and treated or painted wood, shingles, stuff that is in no recyclable. That's totally noble and correct but when cleaning up an abandoned apartment and yard, it is a lot of sorting into all those categories.