Incentivized Program Increases Cannabis Packaging Recycling

A Massachusetts cannabis company has set a program in place to encourage consumers to redeem, recycle, and allow the company to even reuse the plastic packaging in certain cases.

Cannabis packaging recycling program takes off in Massachusetts.
Cannabis packaging recycling program takes off in Massachusetts.

All industries are striving to incorporate sustainable processes to reduce, reuse, and recycle and the cannabis packaging industry is no different. In a recent NBC Boston article, Massachusetts-based recreational marijuana company, Tree House Craft Cannabis (Tree House Craft) has implemented a program to incentivize recycling of its packaging.

According to the article, stores find themselves inundated by the volume of plastic packaging coming through their doors. Child safety standards for cannabis packaging are such that extra layers of plastic are required to make the products more difficult to access and to open. This extra plastic exacerbates sustainability concerns and would likely go straight into the waste stream.

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