BOD is simply a way of measuring the amount of these pollutants that get into the sewers. How Dry Cleanup Can Help When you use water to clean up production areas, the breading and other wastes washed down the drains become BOD - a threat to clean water, a clean environment, and your plant's operation. You know it's important to keep the plant clean and sanitary in order to produce the finest and safest food products. Cleaning does require a certain amount of washing. But much of the cleanup can be done before you start to use water.
Dry cleanup is mostly common sense.
If there is waste material on the floor or in a machine, pick it up, brush it into a bucket, vacuum it out, or remove it in some other way before turning the hose on the floor and machines. Many plants have found uses for the batter, breading, and other materials that they used to wash down the drain. Animal food producers can use this waste as a rich source of carbohydrates and proteins for the feed they make. So what you pick up instead of washing away can be sold to help reduce the costs of wastewater processing at your plant. Habits are hard to break, and if your work habits contribute to BOD, changing over to a new way of doing things will take some thought and effort.