Potential impacts of plastic from cannabis cultivation on fish and wildlife resources

Abstract

Plastic is commonly used in many applications for the cultivation of cannabis. This document provides a synthesis of available scientific literature on how plastic, particularly that used in cannabis cultivation, may detrimentally affect wildlife, fish, and associated ecosystems, including entanglement and ingestion, leaching of chemicals into the environment, and alteration of soil properties.

Keywords

• cannabis
• chemical additives
• entanglement
• fish
• microplastics
• monofilament netting
• plastic
• soil properties
• wildlife