Canadians Petition Government to Reduce Single-Use Plastic Weed Packaging

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Canadians are demanding that Quebec's government-operated cannabis store stop using single-use plastic for its weed products, but the company claims its hands are tied by government regulations.

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Over 1,500 Canadians have signed a petition demanding that Quebec cut down the amount of plastic used to package legal cannabis products.

The petition asks the Société québécoise du cannabis (SQDC), the government agency responsible for selling and distributing all legal cannabis products in Quebec, to ban all single-use plastic for weed packaging. "There's too much packaging for no reason," said Ruba Ghazal, Member of the National Assembly of Quebec and sponsor of the petition, to...

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