(This story is part of the cover package in the July-August issue of MJBizMagazine.)
Though hard figures are difficult to confirm and quantify, the regulated marijuana industry produces an enormous amount of waste.
In 2020, the National Cannabis Industry Association estimated marijuana byproducts in landfills were increasing carbon dioxide emissions at a staggering 27,876 metric tons per year.
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According to a study that same year in the science journal Industrial Crops and Products, researchers concluded waste biomass produced by the U.S. cannabis sector in 2020 would have been roughly 1,754 tons of fresh waste, or 520 tons of dry weight waste.
This outdated figure didn’t even account for packaging waste, which potentially could exceed the estimate for waste biomass.
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