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Internationally, we celebrate World Oceans Day annually on June 8. This holiday was recognized by the United Nation to commemorate the impact of the oceans in our everyday life as well as the significance of the  role that the ocean plays in our ecosystem. To observe World Oceans Day, the UN chooses a different theme each year to appreciate different aspects of the ocean.  Hoping to raise awareness of preserving the ocean, the UN has announced this year’s theme as  “Revitalization: collective action for the ocean.”  Korea also celebrates Ocean Day on May 31 to promote the marine industry and to appreciate the hard work of the workers in the industry. In honor of World Oceans Day, we would like to take a look at the materials used in packaging of the fishery products on the journey to our table.   Transporting seafood fresh to the wholesale market with fish boxes In Korea, various fishery products are kept in fish boxes from the moment they are caught ...

WWF(World Wide Fund for Nature) released a report titled ‘No Plastic in Nature: Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People’ with the University of Newcastle in Australia. The research says that there is plenty of microplastic in water and foods we eat every day. The astonishing finding that each one of us intakes approximately 2,000 pieces of microplastic every week has brought people’s attention even more closely to the marine waste issue. Furthermore, it is also reported that polystyrene has been detected the most among the microplastic found in the seafoods.   Let’s find out more details about this material. What is Polystyrene? <Different types of Polystyrene> Polystyrene is generally classified into 3 different types; regular polystyrene, high-impact polystyrene, and expanded polystyrene. Regular polystyrene is used for transparent cases, insulation in construction, food and other packaging containers while high-impact polystyrene is for cases for electronic...