Members of the community came together Saturday to pick up bags of trash in exchange for bags of marijuana.

Dennis Meehan, owner of Summit Medical Marijuana, got the idea from a shop in Colorado as well as the city's own Day of Caring project.

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"Bring us back the full trash bag, and we give them a gift of cannabis," Dennis Meehan, owner of Summit Medical Marijuana, told WCSH.

Meehan shared a photo on social media of a trash bin overflowing with trash bags.

He hopes to organize a statewide neighborhood cleanup event with other dispensaries.