It’s nearly impossible to describe the current flaming hoops of cannabis regulations and their nuanced differences across the checkerboard map of U.S. states. Legal, mixed and completely illegal statuses for cannabis products spread from coast to coast, posing a variety of obstacles for those of us designing packaging within the industry. Looking to the future of cannabis packaging, it’s easy to predict an industry with standardized legislation and products lining the shelves of Walgreens.
To find out what’s in store for cannabis packaging by 2025, I delved into the subject with a group of packaging experts. Why 2025 you ask? It’s the year many brands such as Nestlé, Aldi and even Pepsi are targeting for their packaging to be 100% recyclable or reusable, so it’ll be a milestone year for packaging.