Allan Gerlat, News Editor

July 23, 2013

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Two Organizations Partner for Recyclable Seafood Packaging Project

The New Orleans Fish House and Global Green USA have begun a pilot program to test recyclable coated corrugated boxes to transport seafood.

Cascades Industrial Packaging of St. Bruno, Quebec, and Interstate Container of Reading, Pa., made the boxes recyclable, unlike the paraffin-coated packaging typically used, and they also can withstand the icy seafood packing process. The companies are part of the Santa Monica, Calif.-based Global Green’s Coalition for Resource Recovery (CoRR), the environmental advocacy organization said in a news release.

The New Orleans Fish House distributes locally caught seafood to restaurants, hotels and retail outlets in 30 markets nationally.

Global Green calls the pilot a step toward creating more sustainable food systems. Greens, vegetables, seafood and meats are often transported in paraffin-coated cardboard, generating 1.45 million tons of solid waste that is sent to landfills or burned.  If the boxes are designed for recycling and recovered, retailers and restaurants could realize combined cost savings and revenue of $200 million nationally, the group said.

About the Author(s)

Allan Gerlat

News Editor, Waste360

Allan Gerlat joined the Waste360 staff in September 2011 as news editor. He was the editor of Waste & Recycling News for the first 16 years of its history, and under his guidance the publication won 27 national and regional awards.

Before Waste & Recycling News, Allan worked at another Crain Communications publication, Rubber & Plastics News, which covers rubber product manufacturing. He began with the publication as associate editor and eventually became managing editor, a position he held for nine years.

Allan is a graduate of Ohio University, where he earned a BS in journalism. He is based in Sagamore Hills, in northeast Ohio.

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