Part one of a two-part series on the fast-growing cannabis industry covers stringent regulations and potential challenges around cannabis waste disposal.
The cannabis industry is one of the fastest-growing industries in both the U.S. and Canada, with 2019 gearing up to be a bumper year for U.S. hemp and marijuana cultivation.
Rising consumer demand has met the legal relief of the 2018 Farm Bill, whose passage last December paved the way for legal hemp cultivation and processing across the country. The bill completely legalized hemp, which is typically used to treat pain and contains 0.3 percent or less of the intoxicating chemical tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, found in marijuana.
