Vecova's Bottle Depot - Calgary

I got scammed for years at other bottle depots before I started coming here. Thanks Vecova for restoring my faith in society, people do care. Not everyone steals from the poor. Vecova must have amazing people running it. We need more good people like you guys on this planet.

This is my favourite bottle depot and pretty much the only one I take my refundable containers too. Really enjoy supporting all the folks at Vecova!

Love this bottle depot. So efficient and clean. I never feel scammed. The staff is super friendly. And with covid they made returning bottles less of hassle. Who knew that could even be possible. Keep up the great work everyone !

Very busy today. Big lineup at first until they opened all the bays. But overall, it was quick and friendly. Did a nice job of ensuring that only 4 people at a time could enter and maintained social distancing . Overall good experience.

I get about 30% more money when I go there.... leading me to think the other depots in far NW aren't counting properly at all.

During the heat of Covid this was a drive through bottle depot and it was amazing so easy to return, not anymore it’s reverted back to its old slow ways which is mighty unfortunate. still a good bottle depot and still faster than others

There is no way the reviews should be this high. This is the worst supervisor in any business I’ve went into. The supervisor- the guy who you look at and he looks like he needs a smoke, must really hate his job to pick on customers and go out of his way to try and refuse service. Worse staff member- the guy on the cash register with white hair I’ve ever ran into in any business. Extremely rude, so much so more reviews will be posted. I hope more customers turn away due to this one person.

While the location is great, clean and managed with COVID-safety in mind…I have unfortunately had a series of miscounted returns at Vecova’s Bottle Depot. To avoid having too much spare change, I take the time to count exactly what is required for an “even” return in $5 increments. In every occasion except for one, the automated counters have miscounted my recycling returns. I have done everything I can in most visits to politely assure of the counted total, from trying to slow the counting process for accuracy, to demonstrating the initial boxes everything was held within: separating cans into clear cut groupings of 12 or 24’s, for example. But despite my best efforts, the total never seems to be accurate. At the end of the day, it’s not about the money, but a factor of inconvenience (to go through the trouble of triple checking my counts to a certain dollar total, only to have the amount consistently discredited at the hands of the automated counter). In each instance, I now end up bringing 4-6 extra cans on every occasion to inevitably counteract the miscount… when this happens, I happily donate the remaining cents above and beyond the round number I “should have” been paid… but my point and hope would have been that the correct valuation be determined outright. Ultimately, I can tell this is an organized operation, and a non-profit I will continue to support through our household returns… but I do wish there was greater accuracy with the automated counters, or perhaps, an ability to ensure small-total, organized returns such as mine could be counted without the machinery. For others seeking an exact return amount as I have, even after trying to assert a manual recount or review, I would unfortunately recommend bringing extra items for return… as I’ve consistently been left having to return more than I should have.