Canix helps you and your team to maintain pristine records and stay compliant by offering the functionality to generate and view Waste for Plants and Plant Batches in Canix. 

In this article, we'll cover:

1. Create Plant Batch Waste
2. Create Vegetative or Flowering Plant Waste
3. View Waste
4. Track Submissions

Plant and Plant Batch Waste created in Canix is sent directly to Metrc as of 01/01/2025!

Creating Plant Waste from a Harvest is done at a later time through the process Create Harvest Waste.

Create Plant Batch Waste

On the Web Application:

1. Navigate to Plants > Plant Batches > View:Active
2. Use the filters to narrow down your search (by Plant Batch, Strain, Location, etc.)
3. Once filtered, check the boxes next to each Plant Batch to select them
   • This can be done in bulk by selecting multiple Plant Batches to create waste for at once
   • Creating Waste for multiple Plant Batches will associate the same Waste log with all of them
   • To select multiple consecutive Plant Batches, check the box of the first consecutive Plant Batch then hold shift when selecting the last Plant Batch
4. Review your selections to confirm accuracy
5. Select Actions > Create Plant Batch Waste
6. Complete all required fields:
   • Enter Disposal Method
   • Enter Total Waste Weight & Units
   • Enter Waste Reason
   • Enter Waste Entry Date
   • Enter Mixed Material
   • Enter Notes
7. Click Add Plant Batch if you need to add additional Plant Batches to log waste for
8. Verify everything looks correct
9. Select Submit

Create Vegetative or Flowering Plant Waste

Canix provides the option to both Destroy the Plant(s) and Create Waste during this process.

On the Web Application:

1. Navigate to Plants > Plants
2. From the View drop-down in the top right, select the status of the Plant(s) you wish to create Waste for: Tracked Flowering or Tracked Vegetative
3. Use the filters to narrow down your search (by Plant Batch, Strain, Location, etc.)
4. Once filtered, check the boxes next to each Plant tag to select them
   • This can be done in bulk by selecting multiple Plants to create waste for at once
   • Creating Waste for multiple Plants will associate the same Waste log with all of them
   • To select in bulk, check the box of the first consecutive Plant then hold shift when selecting the last Plant
5. Review your selections to confirm accuracy
6. Select Actions > Destroy & Create Waste (this option is also used to create waste only)
7. Complete all required fields:
   • Enter Disposal Method
   • Enter Total Waste Weight & Units
   • Enter Waste Reason
   • Enter Waste Entry Date
   • Enter Mixed Material
   • Enter Notes
8. Do not check the box to Destroy Plants unless you wish to Destroy them at the same time
9. Click Add Plant if you need to add additional Plants to log waste for
10. Verify everything looks correct
11. Select Submit
12. For Metrc facilities creating Plant Waste without destroying them at the same time, submitting this Waste will automatically email the user a .csv file to Upload Plant Waste to Metrc. You must complete this step in Metrc to upload the waste to Metrc and remain compliant.

View Waste

View Plant Batch Waste

On the Web Application, navigate to:

• Reporting > Inventory > Waste

View Flowering or Vegetative Plant Waste

On the Web Application, navigate to either:

• Reporting > Inventory > Waste

Track Submissions

Track Plant Waste and/or Destruction from your Submissions page in the Canix Web Application.

Metrc Facilities

• Navigate to Admin > Metrc Submissions > All to review or check the status of your submissions to Metrc. If the submission status is Failed, click on the submission name to see the Metrc error message.

Non-Metrc Facilities

• Navigate to Admin > User Submissions > All