CALIFORNIA CRV RECYCLING

What You Can Redeem for Cash

Recycle your CA CRV beverage containers and get cash back. Learn which items qualify, how much you earn, and how to redeem at Hambro Recycling buyback locations.

What is CA-CRV?

California Redemption Value (CRV) is a state-mandated deposit you pay when buying certain beverages in recyclable containers. You get that money back when you redeem the empty containers at a certified buyback location like Hambro Recycling.

✔ Earn cash
✔ Reduce waste
✔ Support California recycling efforts

CRV applies only to eligible beverage containers — not all recyclables.

Eligible CRV Containers

We accept CRV-labeled:

Aluminum cans
Glass beverage bottles
Plastic beverage bottles (including beverage pouches & cartons*)
Bi-metal beverage containers.

*New for 2024: Wine, distilled spirits, wine coolers & spirit coolers packaged in boxes, bladders, or pouches qualify for CRV.

How Much You Can Earn

Aluminum, Glass, Plastic

Under 24 oz = $0.05 each

Aluminum, Glass, Plastic

24 oz & larger = $0.10 each

Wine/Spirits pouches, boxes, bladders*

All sizes = $0.25 each

*Per updated January 1, 2024 CalRecycle guidelines.

Per-Container Redemption
vs. By Weight

Customers may request to be paid by count for up to 50 CRV beverage containers of each material type per transaction: 50 glass, 50 aluminum, 50 plastic. Daily load limits of empty CRV beverage containers are 100 pounds each for aluminum and plastic, and 1,000 pounds for glass.