Canna-Conscious Containers

Est. 2019 Denver, Colorado

Single-use plastic containers for recreational and medical cannabis flower, concentrates, edibles and vape cartridges are produced and discarded in record time and numbers.

Fifty percent (50%) of all plastic produced (approx. 380 million tons) is for single-use purposes - used for minutes and thrown away. Less than 9% of all plastics actually get recycled.

10 million tons of this plastic waste are dumped in our oceans annually, killing an average of 1 million fish and marine animals per year. By 2050, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish.*

It is far too easy to say that the problem of plastic waste is out of our control or beyond the reach of our means.

Canna-Conscious Containers was founded on the belief that recreational cannabis users and medical cannabis patients alike are inherently eco-friendly and environmentally-minded. We are conscious of our environment and our individual impact upon it.

We are (happy) campers, hikers, travelers, runners, skiers and snowboarders. We are members of Protect Our Winters and love summer too! At home, we compost veggie scraps as part of the Denver Compost Collective. On the trail, we pick up what others left behind. Our internal processes reflect the same reduce, reuse, recycle philosophy; utilizing reclaimed packaging materials previously used in the cannabis industry.

*The Ellen MacArthur Foundation; PlasticOceans.org

Cannabis companies and dispensaries utilize specific plastic packaging to meet regulatory standards and requirements. These single-use plastics are often mass produced and imported at cheaper costs. That cost is unfortunately passed over to the environment. We offer cannabis container recycling and recouping services that reduce both plastic waste and supply costs.

The Cannabis Community is Conscious!

Cannnabis consumers and medical cannabis patients alike; you have a positive, almost symbiotic relationship with the plant.

Become a Conscious Consumer and help us reduce, reuse and recycle plastic cannabis containers that would otherwise jeopardize our environment and wildlife.

If you are a visitor or lifetime resident of Colorado, you appreciate our vast natural resources, and the trail-blazing legal market we've established. Help us safeguard our environment and natural resources while setting the example as responsible consumers.

In return, participating dispensaries (Conscious Vendors) will offer you:

Convenient locations to return and recycle your cannabis containers; and
Discounts or in-store credit, to say THANK YOU!

Together, as conscious-minded cannabis consumers, we can help reduce, reuse and recycle plastic materials that will otherwise mean the end of the things we care about most.

We derive such positive benefit from the plant -- one of our natural resources. Our heavy reliance upon single-use plastic containers, to meet regulatory requirements, is incredibly detrimental to the environment."Cannabis containers" are not recycled like other plastic containers. Improper discarding of these containers or flat out littering is further destroying our environment. In Colorado, as in every state, our outdoors and natural resources are our most precious assets.

How It Works

Patients, and customers, why not help the environment and get a discount on your next purchase?

Dispensaries and vendors, why not earn repeat customers, help the environment and save a little money on your cannabis packaging?

Recreational Customers & Medical Patients:

Participating Dispensaries, known as "Conscious Vendors", host container collection bins.

Simply deposit your plastic cannabis containers into the Canna-Conscious collection bin on your way in or out of your favorite dispensary.

Receive unique in-store discounts or store loyalty credit for your recycling efforts!

Feel good about doing your part as a Conscious cannabis consumer to help the earth and environment!

Dispensaries & Related Businesses:

We want to help you and your business be more environmentally-efficient in utilizing recycled cannabis containers while passing that packaging savings back to you.

We understand cannabis packaging requirements and their restrictions. Your packaging processes should benefit the environment and the bottom line.

As a Conscious Vendor, your dispensary completes the customer-incentivized recycle and reuse loop that bolsters walk-in sales and generates return customers, while benefitting the environment.

We provide sales-tracking metrics relative to customers' recycling efforts and product sales (i.e. this customer returns containers 3x per month and spends an average of $80 per visit while utilizing the 5% off Canna-Conscious discount).

The containers customers return are sorted and cleaned. Those jars which bear your dispensary logo are returned to you for reuse in the supply chain, as a benefit of being a Conscious Vendor.

This is a collaborative effort! We want cannabis consumers to know recycling is an option and that you and your company are contributing! Your brand/logo will appear on our container collection bins, website and social media along with physical signage showing your location as a participating recycler ("Conscious Vendor").

Recouping and reusing cannabis containers helps reduce the amount of plastic waste created by the cannabis industry. Reusing as opposed to resupplying or repurchashing reduces company supply costs and eliminates issues related to importation delays.

Set your dispensary apart from the rest while positively impacting the environment, the cannabis industry and the community as a whole! Become a Conscious Vendor and help to reduce, reuse and recycle cannabis containers in Colorado that would otherwise end up on our trails and in our waters.

Join our network of dispensary partners and provide a convenient location for cannabis containers to be returned -- while driving customer traffic! Your company logo will be promoted on our website and collection bins along with marketing initiatives showing your committment to the environment and the cannabis community. You're not just another vendor, you're a Conscious Vendor.

We provide our clients with scalable and measurable recycling and recouping solutions, personally tailored to each business. The idea is that recycling and recouping cannabis containers not only benefits the environment but the business botttom line as well.

We believe the solution to rampant single-use plastic waste is a collaborative one. Incentivizing the customer base and the vendor/producer to work together beyond the sales transaction is key. Most cannabis consumers have a small collection of used plastic cannabis containers. Some may use them to hold pens or paperclips, even as upcycled planters. We dig it. For those who just throw them away or wishfully "recycle" them in the normal blue and green city bins; we have a better idea!