(A) Cannabis and any waste including wastewater must be stored, secured and managed in accordance with applicable State Statutes and regulations and the State approved disposal plan. A cannabis establishment must dispose of cannabis that is not usable cannabis within ten (10) calendar days of expiration of use. Cannabis waste must be made unusable prior to leaving a licensed cannabis facility.
(B) Wastes that must be rendered unusable prior to disposal include, but are not limited to:
(1) Cannabis plant waste, including roots, stalks, leaves, and stems that have not been processed with solvent.
(2) Solid cannabis sample plant waste possessed by third-party laboratories certified by the State regulating authority for quality assurance that must be disposed of.
(C) The allowable method to render cannabis plant waste unusable is by grinding and incorporating the cannabis plant waste with non-consumable solid waste or other ground materials so the resulting mixture is at least fifty percent (50%) non-cannabis waste by volume. Other methods to render cannabis waste unusable must be approved by the State regulating authority and the City Manager, in conjunction with recommendation from Elko Sanitation, before implementing.
(D) Cannabis waste rendered unusable following an approved method in the facility disposal plan must be delivered to the Elko landfill, operated by Elko Sanitation, for immediate disposition and covering.
(E) Disposal cannot include cannabis product including plant material entering the City of Carlin wastewater collection system, storm drain system or any unsecure rubbish disposal system.
(F) A medical cannabis establishment or cannabis establishment shall not transfer, share, give, sell or deliver any unused cannabis in the establishment's possession to any other person, regardless of whether they are licensed as a medical cannabis or cannabis establishment.
(G) A cannabis establishment shall not dispose of cannabis in any manner other than permitted under this chapter. (Ord. 2019-249, 12-4-2019)