The material has value. Recycling freight is the hard part.
Bales, regrind, pellets, scrap. Recycling freight only works when carriers show up, understand the load, and come back for the next one. Travero provides recycling freight brokerage and logistics support built around the material, the handling requirements, and the carrier reality behind every load.
20+ states covered: Recycling lanes are our specialty, not our exception.
20+ years in freight brokerage: Relationships that outlast the market swings.
Material-specific handling: Baled OCC is not regrind. We plan for both.
Carriers who actually haul it: We qualify the load before the driver ever sees it.
See it in practice.
Fourteen years of keeping a grinding operation's scrap and regrind on the move.
14+ years. 5–10 loads per week. 16 states served.
A recycling and grinding operation serving more than a dozen states depends on Travero for up to ten weekly runs, accommodating material-specific requirements. Finding carriers who will take the load, and meet the handling requirements that come with it, is the constraint that defines recycling freight.
Travero stepped in as a knowledgeable, forthcoming facilitator, not just a load board with a phone number. Before contracting, we qualify the product and the packaging so drivers know what they're hauling and whether a washout will be required. Different materials get different handling: baled OCC doesn't move like regrind, and ground pellets don't load like mixed scrap. Drivers stay informed. Product keeps moving.
The hard part wasn't volume. It was capacity. Interest in recycling has grown dramatically, but the carrier and driver pool for this freight has gone the other direction. Contamination concerns, washout requirements, and extra regulations all narrow the field. The carriers willing to run it consistently, load after load, are rarer still.
The relationship now runs 14+ years deep, with five to ten loads per week across 16 states. Along the way we've accommodated hundredweight billing, blind billing where the lane required it, and LTL when a full truck wasn't the right fit. Same named rep. Same willingness to take the freight other brokers quietly decline. That's what a recycling logistics partnership looks like when the freight actually matches the material.
Diversion goals don't mean much if the freight can't keep up.
Recycling and grinding operations live in the gap between what gets sorted and what actually leaves the yard. Municipal programs, commodity pricing, and seasonal collection patterns swing your outbound volume week to week, and the freight has to flex with it. When trailers don't show, or carriers decline loads over contamination concerns, material stacks on the tipping floor, sort lines slow, and revenue stalls. We treat recycling logistics as the operational backbone it is: reliable outbound capacity so your yard stays clear, your feedstock keeps moving, and your diversion rate doesn't slip because the freight fell behind.
Most carriers won't touch recycling freight. Ours come back for the next load.
Recycling freight carries a stigma because of debris, contamination risk, and washout requirements which can shrink the driver pool fast. We don't paper over it. We qualify the product and the packaging before we contract the load, tell drivers exactly what they're hauling, and only put carriers on recycling work who understand the material and will show up again. 8,000+ vetted carriers. Eleven years, zero cargo theft. For recycling shippers, the real win is simpler: capacity that doesn't disappear after one messy run.
Collection volumes swing. Commodity markets shift. You hear from us first.
Recycling outbound isn't a steady drumbeat. Municipal programs, public participation rates, commodity pricing, and seasonal collection patterns all move the volume, sometimes overnight. Our reps know your operation well enough to see what's coming. When capacity tightens, a carrier issue surfaces, or market conditions change the lane math, we call first with the facts and a plan. The goal is simple: keep material off the tipping floor and moving toward the next processor before a backlog becomes a crisis.
Bale when you're ready. Load when you're ready. We pull when it's done.
MRFs, grinding facilities, and recycling centers don't always load on a live driver's clock. Sort lines run around the clock. Baling happens in bursts. Yard space fills faster than appointments open. We own and lease approximately 100 drop trailers. Stage one on your yard, load on your schedule, and we pull when the freight is ready. No new trailer program to build. No capital project to manage. For operations that need loading flexibility without a capital project, drop trailers remove the bottleneck of waiting on a live truck.
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Keep the reclaimed material moving. Keep the diversion commitments on track.
Tell us about the recycling freight that's hard to cover — the contamination-sensitive loads, the burst baling schedules, the recycling transportation lanes other brokers quietly pass on. We'll start with one shipment and earn the rest.
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