Carrier profile · USDOT 2519326 · MC-1450451 · Updated Jun 21, 2026

ZERO WASTE RECYCLING LLC

62 power unitsavg 7.7 yrRegional · 4 statesCHARLOTTE, NC87/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-1450451 ACTIVEHAZMAT
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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 22.4%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 1.4%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 58 vehicle and 147 driver inspections over 24 months.

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

27.3% · latest 6-mo window● Steady

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Holding steady 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

142 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Apr '25 · 11

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
≈1.2 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Within the expected band for a 62-unit fleet — FMCSA has inspected this carrier often enough that the out-of-service and violation signals above are statistically trustworthy.
Registered power units
62
Inspections · 24 mo
147
Annualized
≈74 / yr
Coverage
≈1.2 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

19%
Unsafe Driving
Vektor peer est.
11%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
58%
Driver Fitness
Vektor peer est.
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
47%
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.

  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving93 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance21 · 3 OOS
  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance19 · 5 OOS
  • 396.17 Periodic (annual) inspectionVehicle Maintenance16 · 0 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance13 · 12 OOS
  • 393.95 Emergency equipment (extinguisher, triangles)Vehicle Maintenance8 · 0 OOS
  • 390.21 USDOT number marking on vehicleUnsafe Driving6 · 0 OOS
  • 393.47 Brake actuators / linings / componentsVehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.134 Parts & accessories (vehicle condition)Vehicle Maintenance4 · 4 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

4 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Jul 21, 2025. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

1ELD device issues
3No log / no ELD
0False logs
0Drove over hours

0 ELD violations in the last 24 months.

Crash history· 11 total · 1 in 24 mo

11
Total crashes
1
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
5
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20251001
20241001
20233033
20221001
20212012
20201011
20171001
20151001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 20, 2025NC00Yes
Mar 9, 2024SC00Yes
Oct 30, 2023NC01Yes
Oct 19, 2023NC01Yes
May 30, 2023NC01Yes
Sep 30, 2022SC00Yes
Nov 18, 2021SC01Yes
Oct 12, 2021NC00Yes
Jun 6, 2020SC01Yes
Apr 11, 2017NC00Yes
Jul 24, 2015NC00Yes