I’m glad to see that Cedar Grove Composting lost its legal appeal and must pay a big fine. (Monday article, “Cedar Grove fine stands.“) I live with the stench and I’m tired of seeing comments from people in Seattle saying, just move or suck it up.
Most of us have lived here since long before the stench grew — seemingly at the same time Cedar Grove started processing food waste. None of you would want what is essentially a solid waste facility putting out a huge smell, not to mention volatile organic compounds like ammonia, in your neighborhood, forcing you to close your windows and keeping you out of your yard.
The city of Seattle contracts with Cedar Grove to take all of this food and yard waste, so Seattle can and should have an impact. If Seattle pressures its contractor to get this right, then Cedar Grove would listen because it’s in their financial interests to do so. These guys make money from taking in the waste through tipping fees, so if Seattle isn’t happy with them, then they’re going to do something about it.
In the meantime, Cedar Grove will just keep waging war on the legal front and spending thousands in the process.
Byron J. Muck
Marysville
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