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Libation Corner - 2:15

* what glass we're using
* what strains we're smoking
* what dabs we're dabbing
* what drinks were drinking

Listener Letters - 11;58
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Hello MADAS,

Is there a way to become a zero waste cannabis user?

Is there some zero waste products you would recommend?

Have you and your family ever thought about going zero waste?

Thank you so much In advance!!! You guys are the best

* talk about my desires to go zero waste as a family in the past, but it is very hard for a big family like mine. COVID really put a damper on it to, with myself feeling very pressured to stock up and consume. It's a goal I will always work towards and try to model, but doubt we'd ever get there at this stage of our lives. Talk about Lizzy and the green team and how it really inspired us for awhile.
* There is a lot of packaging and waste that goes into commerical world of cannabis, there is no denying it. One of the first things you realize when you start regularly frequenting a dispensary is just how much damn packaging you will accumulate. Every preroll, every gram of weed put in a plastic container, every concentrate jar, edibles wrapped in tons of heavy printed packaging.
* We have a hemp company, Happy Flower Company, and for awhile we were using single plastic tubes for preroll sales. Once we started getting customers that ordered twetnty at a time we realized we just did not feel good about sending out that many plastic tubes. We switched our packaging.
* Talk about hemp plastic packaging, and how it's really cool but expensive. We ordered some hemp plastic tube samples and liked them but like the box thing we have going on better.

Some Tips

* reuse packaging as much as possible
* Learn about and Use your dispensary recycle program or box. Return your weed jars and canisters for reuse or recycling.
* Avoid proprietary cartridge systems, or cartridges in general if the ability to recycle them is a concern. Some methods of consumption are just less wasteful than others. Smoking a joint thats gone at the end probably has the least impact on the enviorment, depending on the papers used I guess. Something like a propritary single use cartridge systems might have the most waste, especially if the cartridge is not able to be recylced. Avoid proprietary cartridge systems, or cartridges in general if the ability to recycle them is a concern. Opt for methods like homemade edibles, smoking flower, or having a single high quality and long lasting dry herb vaporizer as your main forms of consumption to avoid waste.
* Grow your own as much as possible and embrace making your own medicine!

* no packaging to deal with