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MJBizDaily Buyers Guide Cannabis Packaging Automation
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Make sure to do your research, said Patrick
Wlaznak, founder of Soulshine Cannabis,
a Washington state cannabis product
manufacturer.
When Soulshine moved into automation, the
company shipped the bioplastic bag it wanted
to use to a company that made a sleeving
machine for packaging pre-rolls and asked
the manufacturer to videotape running the
machine using the bioplastic bag.
" They were able to guarantee the film would
work on the wrapper even though it was
bioplastic, " Wlaznak said.
Soulshine Cannabis did its research to guarantee a new
packaging machine would work with a bioplastic wrapper
before buying. Photo courtesy of Soulshine Cannabis
ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENT
IN SWAPPING PLASTIC FOR
SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING
Though the typical cannabis consumer favors sustainably produced products, there are still
surprisingly few sustainable options in cannabis packaging.
" I was surprised at MJBizCon about how little talk there was about sustainability, " said Jim Chrzan,
vice president of content and brand development at Packaging World Magazine. " (Sustainability)
has been rocking the packaging world because, during COVID, everybody stayed home and got these
meal kits and thought, look at all this plastic. "
Laws regulating legal cannabis make packaging with sustainable materials more cumbersome. Some
states, like Washington, require extensive single-use packaging, which is at odds with the whole
idea of sustainable packaging.
" Single-use plastics are rife throughout cannabis, and I don't think it can continue, " Chrzan said.
In addition, price points are a problem. Some sustainable packaging options are significantly more
expensive than their plastic counterparts. Even a common material like glass costs more than
plastics, plus it has potential to break in the packaging process or during transport.
Price point has been a discouraging factor in adopting sustainable packaging, Wlaznak said.
Adopting sustainable packaging didn't " move the needle " as much as they thought it would, at least
initially.
" It didn't pay off at first, " Wlaznak said. " But every year that's gone by, we've gotten more and more
appreciation from people for doing it. At the end of the day, it was the right thing to do. "
Price points for sustainable packaging materials are becoming more competitive since COVID,
Wlaznak said, making the higher prices an easier choice today than when they first made the
commitment.
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