More Sustainable Cleaning Solutions Increase Efficiency

Processors no longer need to sacrifice efficiency or effectiveness when selecting eco-friendly housekeeping methods Commitment to environmental, social and corporate-governance programs coupled with a pandemic-induced need for more effective sanitizing are forcing chemical, pharmaceutical, food-and-beverage and other processors to reevaluate their industrial housekeeping products, practices and programs. Fortunately, today’s more-sustainable methodologies not only effectively tackle common housekeeping issues, but also reduce cleaning-related downtime. It’s no surprise that every processor has different needs and challenges when it comes to tidying the facility; the chemical sector has a different set of housekeeping challenges than the food-and-beverage industry, whose needs differ from the pharmaceutical industry, whose problem areas vary from those in the oil-and-gas or plastic industries. “Each industry has different regulations in place regarding cleaning practices, with some more stringent than others. Each industry has different equipment that comes with its own cleaning requirements and challenges,” notes Steve Wilson, applications development director, with Cold Jet (Loveland, Ohio; www.coldjet.com). “And, each…