The Association of International Seafood Professionals (AISP) has entered 'meaningful discussions' over changing the way the industry uses packaging, it said.
"ASIP has been seeking to work with others who share our concerns, and have recently had meaningful discussions with Shiva Balivada, Father of Nanotechnology Applications in India and co-founder of Polar Bear International."
“It is estimated 3.5 million pieces of new plastic enter the world’s oceans daily. Global currents accumulate them into huge circulating ocean gyres causing countless damage to marine life along the way. It is a global issue and as a global group AISP are very supportive of the work of Polar Bear International and will seek to assist in all areas of information, education and communication of this great initiative,” said AISP executive director, Roy Palmer.
Balivada is well known through senior leadership roles and as a technology evangelist, AISP said. He has worked with many world-class organizations which include Home Depot, Johnson & Johnson, Delta, XEROX, FedEx, Compaq, AutoZone and Bank One.
He has been a part of the initial team of successful Indian Software companies like Tata Technologies, HTMT and MphasiS BFL, wherein he has played a significant role in nurturing them at their nascent stage. He turned an entrepreneur in 2007, with a focus on Nanotechnology, Telecom and IT.
"From the time we harvest right through the supply chain to the time we deliver the harvest to the end users we are using many thousand tonnes of plastic, Styrofoam and other packaging which is damaging our oceans, our own ‘backyard’," said AISP. "Since such packaging was invented we have accepted it and it has become entrenched in our businesses."
AISP aim to work with Polar Bear International and partner charity, Aquaculture without Frontiers, to create specific projects which will maximize these concepts and be seen as a catalyst for change in packaging right through the global seafood industry, and assist the poor and hungry improve their health, nutrition and food security, it said.
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