Sustainability Report

According to United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), climate scientists from around the world state the adverse affects of Climate Change are a tremendous threat to our local communities and way of Life as a species. The generation of methane in landfills by the breakdown of organics is 80x more potent of a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide and can cause Climate Change to occur even faster. According to the Washington Department of Ecology website, “By composting yard debris, food scraps, manure and crop residues, we can reduce the production of greenhouse gases and produce a valuable resource for farmers, orchardists, gardeners and municipalities.” Of significant importance however, in order to maintain our high-quality 100% organic compost, Pacific Topsoils does NOT accept food waste at our drop-off collection sites as that inadvertently introduces various plastics into the compost process that do not break down easily.

Pacific Topsoils Inc. is in a unique position as one of the largest organics recyclers in Washington state to take on a major role in the fight against Climate Change. We have committed to being part of the solution as expressed by our CEO, Tim Sellew in the letter below. Furthermore, to demonstrate our progress to our customers and show exactly how we are doing our part in executing real change in our operations and local communities we serve, we are providing a summary of our yearly Sustainability Report below: