Mission and Values

Cedar Grove Composting is committed to:

Maintain a leadership role nationally in the development of innovative methods in the composting process, including odor management, and marketing of recycled products.
Design products that take life-cycle thinking into account and minimize environmental impacts in production, use and disposal.
Develop products from recovered organic waste material with economically sustainable local markets.
Find the highest and best use for the amount of material that has not been incorporated into a salable product.
Practice environmentally sensitive manufacturing, applying the best available control technology to product manufacturing areas, while managing with an Environmental Management System consistent with the principles of ISO 14001.
Design operational units to minimize impact to the environment.
Recognize impacts from the processing facility concerning the community and participate in open discussions with local citizens to work through issues.
Continuously strive to reduce air emissions to levels below the nuisance threshold.

To achieve our mission, we must:

Attract, motivate and retain highly trained, safe employees
Ensure that reduce, reuse, recycle come before waste disposal
Employ management with deep composting and recycling experience that understand our customers' needs
Provide local processing to reduce environmental risk and lower transportation costs
Deliver consistent customer service, from on-time pickup to accurate record keeping
Display environmental integrity through solid relationships with government authorities
Maintain greater than required financial assurance, including closure funds for our facilities and a $10 million insurance policy

With your help, we will do our part to ensure that the Northwest remains a great place to live and work.