Eco Packaging

ITS ALL ABOUT THE COMMITMENT

ECO-FRIENDLY PACKAGING GUARANTEES THE FRESHNESS OF OUR SUSTAINABLY HARVESTED SEAFOOD

It takes 500 years for a single polystyrene cup to degrade. 25 billion polystyrene cups are tossed out every year. And along with those cups, and made from the very same polystyrene, virtually all the containers used to ship fresh seafood to hungry, on-line buying, consumers.  At Kanaloa Seafood we take our commitment to sustainability just as seriously as we take the quality of the fresh fish we sell; In our personal lives and right down our packaging.  We don’t drink our coffee from a Styrofoam cup and we don’t ship our fish in polystyrene.

Its true, polystyrene is light, and a good insulator. It’s also relatively cheap which is why so much fish gets “wrapped” in it. But at Kanaloa we understand real change is about real commitment. Not just rhetoric. That’s why we employ state of the art environmentally friendly, packing materials and process. That means no polystyrene.

Before boxing, we vacuum seal our fish using a special permeable plastic scientifically designed to prevent bacterial growth. We surround the fish with eco-friendly jell packs. Unlike most cold jell which is highly toxic, our  packs use specially formulated jell that is completely non-toxic to seabirds and other scavengers. Then we nestle the vacuum sealed fish along with the jell packs  in a oxygen filled, biodegradable, insulating blanket for maximum temperature control. None of those messy, difficult to recycle and impossible to degrade polystyrene peanuts. The fish, now sealed and wrapped in its own insulating blanket, goes in double-walled, insulated, entirely recyclable corrugated box, ensuring that when your fish arrives it will be fresh enough to make a sailor blush. Does your on-line fish monger take this much care with your order? Not unless you’re getting your seafood fresh from Kanaloa. The only International Organization of Standards 14001 certified fish company in North America, you can count on Kanaloa Seafood’s commitment to sustainability, just as you count on us to consistently deliver the finest quality, fresh seafood available anywhere.