Washington's Weed Industry Has a Million-Pound Waste Problem

by Lester BlackMost of the compostable waste created by the pot industry is being dumped in landfills. The Stranger
People often summarize our state's experiment with legal weed by citing the amount of money spent by consumers ($2 billion) or the amount of cannabis tax collected ($400 million). But there's a third number that is equally impressive: 1.7 million pounds.
That's the amount of plant waste created by Washington State's legal marijuana industry since pot farms were first licensed in 20