Because we spend so much of our lives working when most of us would rather spend our lives playing, then it only makes sense to make work play. And working with your best friend in the cannabis industry? That might be the ultimate stoner dream.

Today’s potcast is a fun look at friendship, entrepreneurship, growing pains, and cannabis drinkables with the co-founders of Good Stuff Beverages, Dan Grim and Billy Roberts. You’ll hear their story in their own words.

I hope this chat inspires you to find and focus on the good stuff in your everyday. And if someone you love is looking for a suitable alcohol replacement or a discreet way to consume their cannabis, I hope you’ll share this potcast with them.

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Kumbaya and cannabis, -Jo 💚

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‘After the Show’ Notes

The idea for Good Stuff Beverages Co. came in 2015, when Dan Grim and Billy Roberts, life-long friends from New Jersey who had migrated to Southern California, understood the need for a product that not only made you feel better without the side effects of alcohol or smoking but tasted better than most of the cannabis-infused beverages currently in the market. In 2016, Good Stuff Beverages was founded in San Diego, California.

Produced with great-tasting, all-natural ingredients, Good Stuff Beverages make everything better by making life tastier, healthier, and more enjoyable as a healthy alternative to other brands’ sugary cannabis-infused drinks. Good Stuff uses only the best all-natural ingredients combined with high-quality cannabis. And Good Stuff Beverages are Phase 3 compliance tested by a third-party lab as mandated by the state of California, testing for potency, homogeneity, pesticides, microbial, heavy metals, mycotoxins, and water activity.

Now, Good Stuff products are sold at cannabis dispensaries throughout the state of California, including Elemental Wellness, URBN Leaf, East of Eden, and Cookies. Just to name a few locations that carry the Good Stuff. The array of refreshing, and fast-acting products, used through responsible adult cannabis use, are great for everything from pain relief to creativity and motivation and anxiety relief.

The Sustainability Roll-up is presented by OCB Rolling Papers. In perfect harmony with natural, sustainable practices, it’s always been the OCB signature to provide the highest quality, responsibly sourced, and sustainably crafted rolling papers.

In the regulated world of hemp and cannabis, have you ever wondered what happens to batches that don’t pass their COA? Maybe it’s a crop of hemp plants comin’ in hot with too much THC. Or what happens to the biomass from big leafing or trimming. Cannabis farmers and manufacturers must be diligent with their state’s track and trace system and I was curious what the requirements were for waste disposal. Because they certainly can’t compost it or toss it in the garbage and forget about it. There are strict guidelines about storing it, treating it, and removing it, otherwise, business operations can be halted, and ain’t nobody got time for that!

According to Hazardous Waste Experts, because of the localized nature of hazardous waste enforcement, byproducts from cannabis production and processing (inadvertent or otherwise) must be evaluated against state and regional regulations. Typically, jurisdictions within and across states consider cannabis flower, trim, roots, stalks, leaves, and residue (including wastewater) to require special waste removal.

In many jurisdictions and federally per the EPA, cannabis waste must be rendered “unusable and unrecognizable” before disposal, mixed with at least 50 percent non-cannabis waste (such as non-consumable solids), and stored in a “secured” waste receptacle. Any ancillary tools that have residues of THC - like gloves used for trimming - are considered cannabis byproducts. All cannabis byproducts must be handled by a properly licensed cannabis waste management company, or first rendered into cannabis waste prior to being disposed of.

Any instance of cannabis special waste disposal must be entered into a written log for the current year, citing the specific individual responsible for that instance, along with the weight, time, and date of its occurrence; and the log must be easily accessible for at least three years. Due to governmental concerns that cannabis waste may be rerouted to facilitate illegal production, it typically cannot be composted or disposed of cleanly, often sent directly to landfills mixed in with non-consumable post-consumer waste.

There’s so much red tape around composting cannabis biomass and simply taking out the trash that everyone along the supply chain really needs a robust waste management solution. 

Poking around online I found GAIACA, the Nation’s first, properly licensed cannabis waste management service provider. They have outfits in California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada, servicing the entire industry from cultivators, manufacturers, distributors, retailers, testing labs, and events.

GAIACA helps manage all forms of waste – plant material, packaged product, distillates/refinement byproduct, non-hazardous, hazardous, and universal waste. GAIACA’s primary objective is to provide cannabis operators with a compliant yet sustainable solution for their regulated cannabis waste needs. This includes providing a waste management plan, tracking and tracing, cannabis waste management, and proof of cannabis waste disposal compliance.

Now, what about you as a consumer?

If you’re discarding unused cannabis as a consumer and not as a cannabis business owner, don’t worry, you are not subject to all of the same regulations and requirements, obviously. With that said, still, be mindful of how you discard your waste. Sift and sort recyclable packaging, ask your dispensary if they have a battery and vape cartridge return program, and toss the rest in the garbage so it can mix and mingle with other solid and liquid waste. This is the basic rendering process, but on a much smaller scale - the size of your kitchen trash can.

And I gotta say there’s really no reason for you to ever throw away flower.

If you don’t like a cultivar you bought - perhaps it makes you a little anxious or scatterbrained - don’t throw it away. Gift it to a friend or create a blend with another flower to diversify the terpene profile. And if you stumble across some flower that’s been properly aging in a drawer for a couple of years - instead of throwing it away, save it for bedtime. As THC ages, the cannabinoid transforms to CBN which is excellent for getting you to sleep. If it’s too dry to smoke, add it to discarded stems and shake and make yourself an oil to either use in the kitchen or as a sublingual medicine.

While trash disposal is complicated for the cannabis industry, remember that as a consumer or backyard gardener you have many more options to use the whole plant.

And variety is the spice of life. That’s why OCB offers a full line of rolling papers made with sustainable fibers inc. Flax, Wood, Organic Hemp, Bamboo, and Virgin wood and come in a full line of sizes in both booklets and cones. Unlike most other brands that buy their paper from a third party, OCB oversees the entire paper-making process ensuring a century of quality straight to your hands. Of course, you must be 21 and older to buy OCB rolling papers and to follow the natural wonders of OCB on social @ocb_usa. 

Roll With Me, a new video series launched on the Casually Baked YouTube channel in April 2021, is a collaboration with OCB Rolling Papers. Get lessons and insights on the craft of rolling while chatting about all things hemp and cannabis culture.

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