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Cedar Grove Composting Facility
Where: Maple Valley and Everett, WA
Summary
Cedar Grove Composting, Inc, is a family-owned waste management firm, that has served the Puget Sound area of Washington and Oregon since 1938. In 1989, Cedar Grove began large-scale composting operations, and started including biodegradable bags in 2003. About 500 groceries, restaurants, hotels, schools, and other food-service establishments and special-event venues participate, about one-third of whom use biodegradable bags to contain their food discards. Cedar Grove also accepts residential yard waste from several cities, towns and counties. Cedar Grove and other commercial haulers pick up the food waste and bring it to the Cedar Grove facilities where it is composted using the composting GORE(TM) Cover System. The final end products include seven compost, topsoil and potting soil products, plus special blends by request.
Cedar Grove Composting, Inc. accepts the following materials:
- Green waste-vegetation-comprised largely of organic wastes such as leaves, weeds, and lawn and shrub clippings, resulting from upkeep of yards, gardens, lawns, parks, and other areas. Green waste may also include natural wood and pruning.
- Land clearing vegetation -stumps, tree trunks, branches, leaves, woody pruning and other woody vegetation, and dirt resulting from land clearing activities and other activities such as landscape maintenance.
- Paper and cardboard.
- Clean woodwaste- unpainted and unpreserved lumber and woodwaste, particleboard, plywood, and pallets.
- Pre-consumer vegetative foodwaste, including grain and coffee grounds.
- Tipping fees and more detailed information are posted on the web site.
Contact Person
Denise Foland
Business Development
Cedar Grove Composting
Hawaiian Earth Products
P.O. Box 2864
Tualatin, OR 97602
Cell: 971-219-2220
Fax: 503-612-1864
Toll Free: 888-832-3008
denisef@emeraldnw.com
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