ISSUE FOCUS 54 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2024 Nofima has explained that when the cod is packaged in Vesterålen in new packaging, it saves the climate. New products reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 30 per cent. RECYCLABLE PLASTIC AND LESS TRANSPORTATION REDUCE CLIMATE FOOTPRINT OF COD PRODUCTS They cut transport and pack the fish in packaging that can be recycled. The result is a lower climate footprint. “It is already known that wild-caught whitefish have an average environmental impact that is significantly lower than meat,” says Nofima Senior Scientist Anlaug Ådland Hansen. She has been working on a new concept that reduces the environmental impact of wild fish even more. Now it is approaching the environmental figures from wheat flour and other foods that are based on plants. PACKAGING AND TRANSPORT Initially, the partners behind the SupremeFilet project found packaging that is both smaller and more environmentally friendly. In the past, meat and fish have mostly been packaged in plastic that is composed of several layers of different types of plastic materials. The packaging has now been replaced with recyclable plastic. It essentially consists of only one type of plastic material, so it can be melted down and reused. The next thing that helps the climate is less transportation. Together, these measures have reduced the climate impact by 30 percent. “The new product concept has contributed to lower greenhouse gas emissions per kilo of product,” says Anlaug Ådland Hansen. FIGURES LEAD TO IMPROVEMENT The researchers have compared the figures both with previous figures from Gunnar Klo, the Vesterål company that has processed and packed the fish in the project, and with other analyses that Norsus, the
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