Good for the Earth: Delta 9 Partners with Emterra Environmental

Good for the Earth: Delta 9 Partners with Emterra Environmental

Creating a Sustainable Recycling and Landfill Diversion Program for the Canadian Cannabis Industry

Delta 9 has partnered with one of Canada’s leading recycling companies, Emterra Environmental, and a number of leading Canadian cannabis producers, to create a sustainable recycling program for cannabis packaging and disposable vape pens and a landfill diversion program for vape cartridges, that will help the Canadian cannabis industry transition to a circular economy.

“Delta 9 is committed to reducing our carbon footprint,” said Delta 9 CEO John Arbuthnot. “Our employees have always been dedicated to producing the highest quality cannabis products for our customers and we are proud to be a leader in setting the same high-quality standard for our recycling program to ensure that cannabis packaging and vape pens actually get recycled.”

A number of Canada’s top Licensed Producers have partnered with Delta 9 for the new program including Tweed, 7ACRES, High Park, FIGR, and Sundial.

The new program will have two components. The first provides customers with a convenient option for the recycling of cannabis packaging that is similar to the well-known Blue Box Program. The second focuses on landfill diversion and uses the best technology currently available for the recycling of disposable vape cartridges and vape pens.

Customers can bring their empty cannabis containers, packaging, vapes and vape cartridges to any Delta 9 retail location and deposit them in boxes labelled FLOWER – Recycling or VAPES – Landfill Diversion. Both boxes will be easily recognizable and will also feature the logos of the partners and pioneers of the program. Customers are encouraged to place their vape cartridges into sealable plastic bags before putting them into the Landfill Diversion box. Vape pens can be placed in the box as is.

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“In Canada, we have the tools and the knowledge to make a big change in the cannabis industry when it comes to dealing with packaging and vape products,” said Paulina Leung, VP of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Emterra Group. “We are honoured to partner with Delta 9 to create a Canadian solution to this growing yet solvable problem.”

Once the FLOWER Recycling Box is filled, it will be picked up and delivered to the ReVital Polymers’ plastics recycling facility in Sarnia, Ontario, where post-consumer plastics are processed into engineered resin products as part of the growing Canadian circular economy supply chain. All of the waste in the program will be responsibly processed within Canada. There will be no shipping of waste to developing countries.

“We hold ourselves and our partners to a high standard,” said Arbuthnot. “It was important to us to know that all the materials are being recycled and processed in Canada.”

The first step in the recycling process is to sort the plastics into individual types so they can be processed. They are then washed to remove any impurities, labels or adhesives and shredded into small pieces and extruded into pellets. These pellets are used to make a vast range of plastic products including water bottles, clothing, carpets, automotive parts, consumer products packaging, and hopefully, future cannabis packaging.

With regards to disposable vape pens and cartridges, the best solution that currently exists is to ensure that the pen is recycled with other electrical and electronic equipment and cartridges are diverted from landfill. At present, there are no technologies that allow for the complete recycling of vape pens and vape cartridges in North America. Currently, if someone throws a vape pen or cartridge in the garbage, it’s going directly to a landfill, which is the worst possible outcome. The new Delta 9 program guarantees that as many components of the vape pens as possible will be recycled.

At Emterra Environmental’s partner electronics recycling facility, the vape pens will be separated from the cartridges for processing. The vape pens will then be processed to recover the battery, plastic, and metal. The cartridges are managed as a special waste and are sent to an energy from waste facility for processing.

“We’re looking forward to analyzing the different types of cannabis packaging found in this recycling program,” said Leung. “This will allow us to help Licensed Producers optimize their packaging design decisions and make their packaging more recyclable and sustainable.”

“Ultimately, every Canadian cannabis company will choose to utilize packaging materials that are recyclable and participate in an industry-wide solution to properly address the waste that we’re producing as a whole,” said Marshall Posner, Chief Marketing Officer at Delta 9. “Hopefully, this program will be the spark that ignites this responsible initiative across the country.

“If you’re a cannabis company producing any kind of waste packaging and products, when it comes to recycling and sustainability, you have an environmental and social responsibility to be part of the solution. We’re doing our best to make sure all our brand partners are part of this program. In the future, Delta 9 would love to have every Canadian cannabis company join us in this initiative.”

Valued customers who would like to be part of this circular economy solution can drop off your used cannabis containers, packaging, disposable vape pens and cartridges at any Delta 9 retail store. Visit delta9.ca to find your nearest location.

Thank you for your participation! And for helping Delta 9 create a greener future!

 

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