Reviews by Team: Eco-Libre

If you’re looking for a place to recycle electronics or tyres in central Quito, look no further than Laboratorio de reciclaje at La Carolina park (Avenida de los Shyris y Avenida Portugal).

Entrance of Laboratorio de reciclaje a La Carolina Park

It took me a very long time to find a place where I could properly recycle my bicycle tyres. I was happy to discover that Laboratorio de reciclaje works with Ecocaucho, who recycles used tyres into various products – such as flooring for playgrounds.

Laboratorio de reciclaje recycles tyres (llantas)

And they also collect electronics waste in partnership with Recitec for electronics recycling.

Laboratorio de reciclaje recycles electronics (electronicos)

They also have something of a showroom for some ecologically friendly technologies, including biogas and plastic (composite) lumber.

Photo of cutting boards at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador
Photo of kivies at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)
(Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of Termalimex storefront from the street in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of single-basket door-type high-temp commercial dishwasher at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of refrigerators at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of blenders and stand mixer at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of espresso machines Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of immersion blenders at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of replacement parts available at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of pressure canners at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

Photo of food storage containers at Termalimex commercial kitchen equipment store in Guayaquil, Ecuador (Own work. License: CC-BY-SA.)

I was very happy to discover the excellent-quality, commercial-grade kitchen products that are available at Termalimex in Guayaquil, Ecuador.

They sell products from Robot Coupe, Waring, Hobart, All-American, Tramontia, KitchenAid, Nuova Simonelli, Centerline, Electrolux, Victorinox, Ozti, Carlisle, Browne, etc.

I’m not a big fan of buying cheap plastic kitchen things that you know will break 1-10 years. In Ecuador it’s almost impossible to find durable plastic food storage containers. I was elated to find that Termalimex has normal commercial-quality, graduated round plastic food storage containers made by Carlisle (for ~$10-$40 each).

Summary of what I found:

• Food Storage Containers ($10-$40 each)
• Tramonita and Victorinox Knives ($10-$80)
• Magnetic Knife Holders ($15-$30)
• Various KitchenAid Mixers (up to $1,000)
• Centerline Stand Mixer ($4,091)
• Waring Blender ($2,614)
• Robot Coupe Immersion Blenders
• Robot Coupe Chopper ($2,000-$4,000)
• Waring Belgin Wafflemaker ($661)
• Electrolux Refrigerator ($1,076)
• Ozti Single Basket Door-type High-temp Dishwasher ($4,421)
• Nuova Simonelli Espresso Machines ($4,000-$6,000)
• Pre-rinse faucet hose sprayers ($400-$600)
• All-American Pressure Canners ($500-$800)
• A 2.5 gallon salad spinner ($125)
• Wide selection of large cutting boards
• Alegacy and Tramontia Stainless-Steel Pots
• Large cutting boards
• Various parts to repair above-listed equipment

Unfortunately, I didn’t find a wok. But they did have a good selection of large, heavy stainless-steel pots made by Alegacy and Tramonita.

The customer attention was OK. I asked if they had any low-temp single-basket door-type dishwashers. They didn’t, but the employee took my contact details and said he’d get in-touch with how they could import one. But I never heard back…