Though consumer packaging is an increasing focus for seafood companies looking to limit their environmental footprint, polystyrene still dominates in the shipping and transportation of seafood, despite there being increasingly viable alternatives.
Tri-Pack Managing Director Paul Rushton told IntraFish companies are now looking to secure their positions by investing in sustainable packaging solutions for their back-end operations and moving away from the tradition of polystyrene, known in some markets as Stryrofoam (though Stryrofoam is a catch-all term for polystyrene boxes in some markets, it's actually a trademarked type of packaging made up of polystyrene).
