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CLE A N U P COM PA N Y TA KE S ON TH E BU RDEN
by Veronica Craker
BBB Managing Editor
& Writer
“Do you ever get use to death?”
TORCH TALK MARCH 2016
That’s a question John Stavros
gets asked a lot. His response is
always the same.
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“No, I never do,” he said.
“How can you?”
Stavros owns and operates BioManagement Northwest. The
company headquarters are in
Edmonds, but offers services
throughout Washington and
Oregon. Some of the services
he provides include: homicide,
suicide and unattended death
remediation; police and
personal vehicle cleaning;
hoarding and clutter cleaning;
blood, body fluid and tissue
disposal; fire, smoke and water
damage remediation and
insurance assistance.
“We use the word remediation
and abatement a lot, but we’re
basically a very specialized
hazmat company,” Stavros said.
“We get some exotic cases. The
things you would not normally
think of —we handle it.”
Some of those “exotic cases”
even brought him 15 minutes
of fame when he was featured
in two episodes of A&E’s
show Hoarders.
In The Beginning
Prior to launching BioManagement Northwest,
Stavros ran a commercial
janitorial business. But in 2006
he sensed a recession was on
the way and decided a career
move was in order.
“I researched what three
factors were involved in the last
recession and what businesses
flourished,” Stavros said.
The three industries that
remained profitable included
funeral homes, entertainment
and forced economics.