First Avenue Recycling
Waste hauler in Bessemer, AL · 1 driver · 2 trucks · USDOT 1785804
Company details
- Legal name
- First Avenue Recycling Corp
- Address
- 1423 First Ave North
Bessemer, AL 35020 - Phone
- (205) 426-5663
- County
- Jefferson County
- USDOT number
- 1785804 (active)
- FMCSA registered
- Since June 2008
- Operation
- Intrastate carrier · Private property (hauls its own cargo)
- Cargo on file
- Other: Scrap Metal
- Hazardous materials
- No
- Locations
- 1 location · operates in AL
- Data sources
- FMCSA Motor Carrier Census (24 Aug 2026)
- Last verified
- 2026-10-14
Fleet and drivers
- Drivers
- 1 (all CDL holders)
- Power units
- 2 trucks
- Driving radius
- Regional / long haul (1 driver beyond 100 miles) (0 interstate, 1 intrastate)
- Annual mileage
- 20,000 miles (2010 filing)
- Fleet size band
- 1–4 drivers
- Last FMCSA filing
- MCS-150 updated May 3, 2011
Figures come from the carrier's own FMCSA registration filings and are self-reported.
Business categories
- Recycling Centers
- Scrap Metals
- Metals
About this hauler
First Avenue Recycling is a waste hauler based in Bessemer, Alabama, in Jefferson County. It has been registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration since 2008 (USDOT 1785804) and files as an intrastate carrier hauling Scrap Metal. Its latest filing lists 1 driver and 2 power units, with 20,000 miles driven in 2010. It is listed under recycling centers, scrap metals, metals. The nearest transfer station is Johns Transfer Station, 2.8 miles away, and the nearest landfill is Raimund-Muscoda Inert LF in Bessemer, 0.2 miles away.
Nearby facilities
- Raimund-Muscoda Inert LF Landfill 0.2 mi · Bessemer, AL
- Bessemer Recycling Center Recycling 0.5 mi · Bessemer, AL
- US Pipe and Foundry Company Mine No 3 Landfill Landfill 1.2 mi · Bessemer, AL
- Johns Transfer Station Transfer Station 2.8 mi · Bessemer, AL
- Johns Transfer Station Transfer Station 3.4 mi · Hueytown, AL
- Shannon SLF Landfill 5.9 mi · Birmingham, AL
- TMS International Corporation-Fairfield Metals 6.3 mi · Fairfield, AL
- New Georgia Landfill Birmingham Landfill 7.5 mi · Birmingham, AL
- Activa Recycling 8.3 mi · Birmingham, AL
- ecoATM Recycling 8.9 mi · Hoover, AL
Nearest landfill: Raimund-Muscoda Inert LF, Bessemer — 0.2 mi
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- Virginia S Alexander4.0 mi · Midfield, AL · 1 driver
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Area served
Based in Bessemer; towns within 15 miles: Bessemer, Birmingham, Dolomite, Fairfield, Pleasant Grove, Helena, Docena, Mulga, McCalla, Pelham, Adamsville, Alabaster.
County context
One of 84 waste haulers in Jefferson County, AL and one of 823 waste haulers in Alabama.
ZIP 35020 at a glance
- Population
- 24,892 (581 per sq mi)
- Median age
- 41
- Households
- Median income $35,362 · 8% earn six figures
- Housing
- 59% owner-occupied · median home value $86,135 · median rent $904
- Workforce
- 49% labor-force participation · 7.7% unemployment
ZIP figures are US Census estimates for the ZIP area, not the company.
Alabama solid-waste agency: Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM)
Disposal options for this hauler
3 transfer stations, 23 recycling centers and 15 landfills in Jefferson County.