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Seafood product replaces plastic pallets with fibre-based solution

Envirotec Magazine

Sustainable and fibre-based packaging solutions firm DS Smith is replacing plastic pallets for canned products with corrugated cardboard in collaboration with Denmark’s largest industrial producer of shellfish and seafood, Vilsund Blue A/S. We have also significantly reduced CO2 emissions and the product looks great on the shelf.”

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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Aquaculture becomes a net-positive

GreenBiz

You have to be engaged in aquaculture, you have to be successful in aquaculture, to be successful in seafood. By producing an increasing amount of seafood sustainably as farmers, the industry can help relieve pressure on wild stocks that might currently be overfished commercially. Seaweed is the fastest-growing segment of the industry.

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3 under-the-radar forces in food

GreenBiz

Membership at Crowd Cow , a marketplace for craft meat and seafood, doubled in April alone. They’re also using zero-waste commitments and new packaging technology to aggressively tackle the delivery sector’s waste problems. The story: Online marketplaces that connect consumers with small-scale producers have boomed during the pandemic.

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'It pays to be green': New study reveals how eco-labels help boost seafood companies' share prices

Business Green

New research reveals that seafood companies that have been certified as eco-friendly can increase in market value by an average of $23 million 20 days after certification. The MSC blue tick label means that a company sells seafood that has been handled, processed, and packaged by organisations that have a Chain of Custody certificate.

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Microplastics are in human testicles. It’s still not clear how they got there.

Grist

Seafood is a particularly significant source — perhaps because so much plastic pollution winds up in the ocean , where it breaks down and can be mistaken by fish for food. The particles have also been found in dairy milk and other animal products, as well as tap and bottled water , salt, honey, and foods packaged in plastic.

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Why we should support small fishing boats over super-trawlers, Part 1

Low Impact

We did get some polystyrene, but I think we can get eco-packaging next time. more per delivery, but all the packaging is made from card. It works out at around 2.75 per portion, which is great value, and the fish is high quality. It’s £1.50 We promote not just sustainability, but also community.

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