Skye salmon farmer sends greenhouse gases packing
As the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow starts to wind up, Scotland’s newest organic salmon farming startup is launching new greener packaging.
The fully-compostable packaging will contain less than half the amount of CO2 than normal packaging, reduce the need for energy at the packing stage and eliminate microplastics, while still ensuring food safety and storage time.
The Organic Sea Harvest organic salmon portions in the new packaging will be available early next year.
Called CF422, the packaging will be sourced from CELNOR Eco Packaging Limted, a company offering plastic-free, compostable biomaterial packaging purpose-grown and sourced in the EU.
Organic Sea Harvest has been searching for packaging in keeping with their organic ethos. CF422 will reduce the use of plastics and, therefore, eliminate the danger of microplastics in the environment, unlike current, widely-used industry packaging. Once the salmon has been removed and enjoyed, the packaging can be composted.
The packaging is partly composed of calcium carbonate, the same material found in eggshells, so will leave nothing behind except compost.
As Organic Sea Harvest works toward its goal of becoming the world’s leading organic salmon farmer, it will move forward with environmentally-friendly packaging that helps contribute to global net zero.
Ove Thu, Organic Sea Harvest chief executive, said: ‘As people all over the globe work together to overcome climate change, it is important for us that we take every opportunity to safeguard the planet. Today’s packaging and transportation of food must change to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases. As an ever-changing company, we have been invested in finding a better way to package our frozen salmon portions.
‘This is a small, yet not insignificant step, towards securing net zero – a goal we all have a responsibility to work towards.’