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NONPROFIT WANTS TO RECYCLE OHIO’S MEDICAL MARIJUANA WASTE

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Ohio’s medical marijuana industry generates millions of dollars worth of waste that ends up in trash bins. Now a nonprofit with links to Ohio’s medicinal cannabis industry is trying to change that through a recycling program for hard-to-recycle items like batteries. Cannabis Can recently brought its idea to the State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy, which regulates marijuana dispensaries. The group hopes to partner with TerraCycle, a New Jersey company specializing in items that most municipal recycling programs can’t handle, such as batteries and refill cartridges for vaping pens. But they face an uphill battle.