Recyclers

in Washington and Oregon

Rank

/ Rank (last year) /

Company

/ Process of recycling / Materials Recycled / Annual tons recycled / # of Employees
1 / 1 / Schnitzer Industries
P.O. Box 10047
Portland, OR
97296-0047
(503)224-9900 / Collecting, baling, shredding, melting into new product / Ferrous metals (iron), scrap metals / 1,900,000 tons
(12 West Coast locations) / 1,000
(12 West Coast locations)
2 / 2 / SP Recycling Corp.
P.O. Box 70
Newberg, OR
97132-0070
(503)723-4415 / Process newsprint at own mills and remanufacture into 50% recycled newsprint; prepare other materials for recycling / Newspapers and other paper grades, glass, corrugated boxes, plastic / 386,000 / 78
3 / -- / Renton Concrete Recycling
22121 17th Avenue SE Suite 117
Bothell, WA
98021-7404
(425)481-0999 / Reprocess in gravel form / Concrete, asphalt, brick / 356,250 / 12
4 / 4 / Far West Fibers
P.O. Box 20669
Portland, OR97294-0669
(503)255-2299 / Commingled, mechanically separate newspaper, cardboard, etc., market to pulp mills / Curbside, paper, plastic, household metal / 320,000 / 85
5 / 3 / Pacific Topsoils Inc.
305 80th St. SW
Everett, WA
98203
(425)-337-2700 / Grinders, static pile composting, crushers, screens / yard waste, stumps, brush, concrete, asphalt, soil / 300,000 / 250
6 / -- / Waste Management
6211 234th Street SE
Woodinville, WA 98072
(425)485-8145 / Separate fiber and manual sorting to pull out contaminants.Put in glass breaker, magnet, air classifier and
perforator. / Cardboard, newspaper, containers, aluminum, plastics, glass / 240,000 / 80-100 (depending on season)
7 / -- / Randle Sand & Gravel
19209 Canyon Road E.
98731
(253)531-6800 / Stump ground in to hog fuel, dirt recycled in to top soil and fill material / Concrete, asphalt, stumps, brush, dirt / 209,401 / 100
8 / -- / Fruhling Sand and Topsoil
7524 NE 175th St.
Bothell, WA. 98001
425-485-1442 / Asphalt and concrete crushed and resold as aggregate, wood round up in to hog fuel, resell dirt and rock / Asphalt, concrete, dirt, wood / 181,250 / 8
9 / -- / Blue Heron Newsprint Co.
427 Main Street
Oregon City, OR 97045
(503)-650-4211 / Processed into usable pulp for production of newsprint and specialty papers / Newspapers, magazines, office pack, mixed paper / 180,000 / 250
10 / -- / Rainier Wood Recyclers
27529 Covington Way SE
Kent, WA 98042
(253) 630-3565 / Cleaning debris, grind up, asphalt and concrete, grind for resale / Cleaning debris, asphalt, concrete, soil products / 150,000 / 120
11 / -- / KB Recycling
PO Box 550
Canby, OR
97013
(503) 266-7903 / Recycle commingled using disc screen technology, magnets, conveyor belts and manual sorting / Newspapers, corrugated cardboard, mixed waste paper, steel cans, plastic and glass bottles, paper, metals, glass / 90,000 / 75
11 / 5 / Weyerhaeuser Paper Fibers
5505 SW Western Ave.
Beaverton, OR
97005
(503)520-4150 / Process into grades and then ship to mills / All paper and fiber grades, plastic film, wood, misc. metals / 90,000 / 55
13 / -- / Lane Forest Products
2111 Prairie Rd.
PO Box 1431
Eugene, OR
97440
(541) 744-1277 / Yard debris ground up, watered down, heated up, wood grinder, extract and recycle metals, turn into chipboard
dirt, rock, saw- cory pit, dug out and filled up / Yard debris, usable rotten or clean wood, rock, saw, dirt, metal / 82,625 / 100
14 / 7 / Weyerhaeuser Corp.
1225 6th Ave. N
Kent, WA 98032
(253)854-3201 / Collect paper, separate into grades and send to
pulp mills; collect aluminum, bail and send to mills
/ All paper grades, aluminum beverage containers, Litho plates, LDPE, HDPE, MHDPE, vinyl, pallets / 77,000 / 64
15 / 7 / Pierce County Recycling, Composting, and Disposal
17925 Meridian Ave. S
Puyallup, WA98373
(253) 857-7730 / Aerated mass beds, scat window turner / Organics, yard debris, chicken feathers / 75,000 / 16
16 / 7 / Owens Illinois Glass Container Inc.
P.O. Box 20067
Portland, OR
97294-0047
(503)251-9432 / All in-house processing / All container glass material / 68,000 / 210
17 / -- / Superior Asphalt and Concrete Co.
P.O. Box 10268
Yakima, WA
98909
(509)-248-6823 / Blended into virgin mixture / Used highways asphalt concrete (R.A.P.) / 58,000 / 500
18 / -- / Columbia Resource Co./
Waste Connections
P.O. Box 61726
Vancouver, WA
98666
(360)695-4858 / Processing line and manual sort / Cardboard, wood, glass, appliances, scrap metal, yard debris / 25,000 / 75
* / -- / Metro Metals Northwest
5611 NE Columbia Blvd.
Portland, OR 97218
(503)287-8861 / Collects and shreds steel, ship cardboard and paper to other places for reuse, / Metals, cardboard, plastic, paper wood / Would not disclose (WND) / 170
* / -- / Pacific Rock Products
8705 NE 117th Avenue
Vancouver, WA
98662
(503)285-0210 / Crush and resell / Concrete asphalt / WND / 300 at 12 locations
* / -- / Pacific Steel & Recycling
P.O. Box 3324
Spokane, WA 99220
(509) 535-1673 / Use metals for shipping / Metals, fibers / WND / 30
* / -- / Smurfit-Stone Recycling Division
6328 SE 100th Avenue
Portland, OR
97266
(503)742-9100 / Collect, segregate, and ship out materials to own domestic trade mills, and overseas / Paper, plastic wrap, milk jugs, and glass, and tin cans / WND / 30

* Rabanco Cos., Woodworth and Co. Inc., and Georgia Pacific Corp. were also included among the top Northwest recyclers but were either unavailable to comment or did not want information published.