Carrier profile · USDOT 453432 · MC-696351 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

Waste Recycling Inc

35 power unitsavg 15.2 yrRegional · 3 statesMONTGOMERY, AL81/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-696351 ACTIVE

Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 22.6%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.8%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 31 vehicle and 56 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

20.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 19.6 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

54 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Dec '24 · 5

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Well-monitored
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
0.8 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 35-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
35
Inspections · 24 mo
56
Annualized
28 / yr
Coverage
0.8 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

6%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
6%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
48%
Controlled Substances
Vektor peer est.
65%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance24 · 3 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance9 · 6 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance7 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.78 Windshield wipersVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance3 · 0 OOS
  • 396.5 Oil and/or grease leakVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 395.24 ELD — record edits / dataHOS Compliance2 · 0 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

2 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jan 16, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

2ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

Trending worse — 100% of ELD violations are in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 33 total · 1 in 24 mo

33
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
4
Fatal
15
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20261001
20241101
20231011
20221011
20211001
20202021
20191001
20184024
20171111
20164023
20153003
20142012
20122112
20091001
20071001
20041001
20011011
19993122
19961001
19951010
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Feb 12, 2026AL00Yes
Jan 26, 2024AL10Yes
Jan 3, 2023AL01Yes
Apr 5, 2022AL01Yes
Feb 25, 2021AL00Yes
Sep 24, 2020AL01Yes
Aug 26, 2020AL02No
Sep 11, 2019AL00Yes
Dec 17, 2018AL01Yes
Oct 31, 2018AL00Yes
Aug 31, 2018AL00Yes
Jun 26, 2018AL01Yes
May 22, 2017AL11Yes
Sep 16, 2016AL00Yes
Apr 7, 2016AL02No
Feb 11, 2016AL01Yes
Jan 7, 2016AL00Yes
Jun 29, 2015AL00Yes
Jun 8, 2015AL00Yes
May 5, 2015AL00Yes
Dec 19, 2014AL01Yes
Jun 30, 2014AL00Yes
Sep 11, 2012AL00Yes
Mar 23, 2012AL11Yes
Aug 12, 2009AL00Yes