Regarding Cedar Grove Composting: It seems that we are fighting the proverbial nose and face issue here. We want a cleaner, greener world. We dream of fresh air and water for our children and their future grandchildren.
Yet, when that means a bit of discomfort, we yell and scream “No, not in my neighborhood…”
I live in a tiny town nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, where fresh air and water are abundant. However, when the local lumber plant recently built a plant to generate electricity the elders of this community were leery. When a sewer system is suggested, the citizens are up in arms: Would it stink? Would it cause more problems than it fixed? How would a community severely impacted by layoffs and cutbacks pay for a sewer system?, etc.
We all have to change with the times, we cannot have it both ways. We promote recycling, living green, and then bite (or rather fine) the hands that try to help us achieve it.
We need to “all get along.” Yes, there needs to be concessions on both sides; we need to capitulate, not dictate.
Remember when not so long ago, we associated Marysville and Everett with dairy farms and pulp mills — stinky, reeking, rotten eggs — yet they were the backbone of the area’s economy .
Cedar Grove takes tons of home and commercial waste out of the landfill. Yeah!
It provides Safeco Field with recycled food containers, which are in turn recycled after they are used. Huge difference from some 40,000 plastic containers going in the fill creating methane gas.
Cedar Grove is located between Ebey Slough, I-5 and a sewage plant. Hhmmmm … how could all of the stink come from composting? Recycling/composting has to be a way of life securing a future green planet for our children.
Judith K. Nevitt
Darrington
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