WASTE RECYCLING INC

DOT# 453432 MC# 696351 DUNS# 40671810 Montgomery, AL Authorized For-Hire / Private Property
(334) 262-1070 mhenderson@wasterecyclinginc.com 3630 Capital Plaza Drive, Montgomery AL 36108
35 power units · all owned 30 drivers 1M mi/yr · ~29k per unit
Satisfactory
FRED Score 75.0 / 100
Moderate confidence
35 yrs history · 53 roadside inspections
Upside capped

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Fleet & equipment

Power units
35
Drivers · CDL
30 · 30
Annual miles
1M
Type Own Term Trip Total
Trucks 10 0 0 10
Tractors 25 0 0 25
Trailers 226 0 0 226

Registration

Organization
CORPORATION
Registered
07-26-1991 (35 yrs)
MCS-150 Update
04-07-2025 (Address Change)
FRED Score Date
Nov 08, 2026
Officer
JACKSON B. HARRIS

Cargo

16.1
minimal risk
Dry Bulk Paper Products

Estimated from the commodity types reported to FMCSA, not from loss history or the true cargo mix.

Upside Withheld

Its risk relativity (0.73× similar fleets) would put it in Strong; this rule holds it at Satisfactory:

  • Strong withheld: the posterior is not confident enough that risk sits below 0.76× class

The downside is never capped.

Expected crash rate is probably lower than similar fleets (about an 80% chance), but the record is too thin to say by how much.

Similar fleets: interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks with the same kind of operation, years in business and amount of road activity. Compared using its own crash record and roadside inspections.

This motor carrier 0.73×
ExcellentStrongSatisf.MarginalPoorCritical
▲ Similar fleets 1.0×
Expected crashes, next 12 months
0.9 vs 1.3 for similar fleets
Likely 0–2 crashes
This motor carrier
0.9
Similar fleets
1.3
Chance of a fatal crash, next 12 months
~2%
Below similar fleets.
What's driving the grade
Crash history
betterworse
Lower so far, not yet proven. 1 crash on the FMCSA record in 24 months (about 0.5 a year); similar fleets have about 1.3 a year. Too short a record to be sure, so the grade counts its crash record as about 14% below typical. The grade counts 2 crashes in its 36-month scoring window, recent ones weighted most.
Roadside inspections
betterworse
Better than peers. Unsafe-driving and hours-of-service violations 0.42×, violations 0.55× and out-of-service orders 0.75× the rate expected for its inspections. Together they move its crash estimate -15%. It's inspected more often than most fleets its size.

Worth a closer look

From the FMCSA record. The grade already counts the safety items; insurance filings and links to other motor carriers are not in it.

  • Lights and brakes
    Lights are 22 of 55 violations (40%). Light or brake defects led to 3 out-of-service orders.
    Ask: the preventive-maintenance schedule and shop records.
Strengths
  • 1 crash in 24 months. No injuries, no fatalities.
  • Driver out-of-service rate 1.9% vs 6.7% national.
  • No FMCSA BASIC alerts.
Data flags
  • Dangerous driving: 1
  • Substance violations: 1

Track record

FMCSA record, Dec 2024 – Sep 2026 · grade scored on Oct 1, 2023 → Oct 31, 2026
Crashes
1
0 fatalities · 0 injuries · 0 tow-aways
Inspections
53
57% clean (no violations)
Vehicle out-of-service
21.2%
7 of 33
National avg 22.3%
Driver out-of-service
1.9%
1 of 53
National avg 6.7%
Violations
55
8 out-of-service

Inspected about as often as interstate fleets of 20–49 trucks in Alabama (about 46 in 24 months would be typical).

Inspections per quarter With an out-of-service order
Q4 '24: 5 inspections, 0 out of service 5 Q4 '24 Q1 '25: 6 inspections, 1 out of service 6 Q1 '25 Q2 '25: 10 inspections, 1 out of service 10 Q2 '25 Q3 '25: 6 inspections, 2 out of service 6 Q3 '25 Q4 '25: 4 inspections, 1 out of service 4 Q4 '25 Q1 '26: 7 inspections, 2 out of service 7 Q1 '26 Q2 '26: 7 inspections, 0 out of service 7 Q2 '26 Q3 '26: 8 inspections, 1 out of service 8 Q3 '26
vs 408 peer fleets
This motor carrierPeers
Crashes 0.029 0.029
Inspections 0.99 0.74
Violations 0.80 0.42
Critical violations 0.10 0.08

Yearly rates from the last 24 months. Peers: interstate fleets, 20–49 power units, minimal-risk cargo.

What they get cited for

55 violations · 24 months
  • Vehicle maintenance No alert
    51 · 8 OOS
    Lights 22 · Brakes 8 · Tires 5 · Cargo securement 4 · Steering & suspension 1 · 11 more
  • Unsafe driving No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Speeding 1 · Other 1
  • Hours of service No alert
    2 · 0 OOS
    Logbook / ELD paperwork 2
  • Driver fitness No alert
    0
  • Drugs & alcohol No alert
    0
Out-of-service violations “No alert” = under FMCSA's BASIC intervention threshold

Violations by quarter

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No violation trend data

Crashes

24 months
  • Feb
    12
    2026
    Alabama
    Property damage only
    Daylight, two-way trafficway divided unprotected median.

No other reportable crashes on the FMCSA record.

Insurance filed with FMCSA

FMCSA record through May 14, 2026 · no change recorded by FMCSA since
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Last on FMCSA's record (May 14, 2026)
$5,000,000 · NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA
on record since Mar 1, 2026 · FMCSA minimum $750,000 · no gap on FMCSA's record since Aug 2009
Cargo filing
on file · NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION since Aug 1, 2009
36 months to May 14, 2026
  • 3 liability insurers on FMCSA's record, 2 changes: CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY → NATIONAL UNION FIRE INS. CO. OF PITSBGH. PA (Mar 2025); TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF AMERICA → CLEAR BLUE INSURANCE COMPANY (Aug 2024)
  • 1 cancellation notice filed by an insurer, replaced before it took effect
  • No gap in filed liability coverage while liability was required
Authority
  • FMCSA notice resolved in time: 1

Operating authority active (FMCSA's L&I record of May 14, 2026, status since Apr 29, 2025)

Who insures fleets like this →

FMCSA filings only, not a policy audit. Not part of the FRED grade. Wrong or out of date?

Where it happens

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Inspections by state
  • Alabama (HQ) 51
  • Georgia 1
  • Mississippi 1

Mostly inspected in its home state (96%).