Organic and hazardous waste resulting from cannabis and hemp's cultivation and processing include stems and root balls, exhausted growing medium, failed plants, and diseased or otherwise unmarketable leaves, buds and seeds. (Photo: Canna Obscura/Shutterstock) Organic and hazardous waste resulting from cannabis and hemp's cultivation and processing include stems and root balls, exhausted growing medium, failed plants, and diseased or otherwise unmarketable leaves, buds and seeds. (Photo: Canna Obscura/Shutterstock)

Other than death and taxes, life's only certainty is waste.

Yet, despite irrationally exuberant investment in cannabis and industrial hemp growing, processing and sale, massive unrealized early stage funding opportunity exists for tackling environmental issues including organic and hazardous waste collection, processing and disposal.

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