RePlanet Buyback Recycling Centers Close In Murrieta

MURRIETA, CA — 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, including the ones in Murrieta, 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."

RePlanet's Murrieta locations included those outside the following grocery stores:

• Food 4 Less at 26419 Ynez Rd
• Albertsons at 41000 California Oaks Rd
• Ralphs at 23801 Washington Ave
• Albertsons at 23893 Clinton Keith Rd

RePlanet said it will file for Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors and will liquidate its assets.

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.