| The push for a more eco-friendly society is not just | | | | When compared to dry ice blasting, none of these |
| a craze that will fade away with time. More industries | | | | methods can come close to the proficiency that dry |
| are investing into green technologies to replace | | | | ice blasting offers. |
| environmentally detrimental practices. The | | | | The instant evaporation of the dry ice used in the |
| government has even gone as far as providing tax | | | | cleaning also is a contributing factor to protecting the |
| credits/breaks for homes and businesses that replace | | | | environment. Dry Ice Cleaning is an approved method |
| polluting appliances and possessions for greener ones. | | | | of cleaning by the FDA, USDA and EPA because it is |
| The industrial cleaning industry, in particular, has taken | | | | a byproduct of other processes which minimizes the |
| giant leaps in creating green technologies and making | | | | impact it has on the environment. Many other forms |
| them affordable to consumers. | | | | of pressure washing require clean up of the blasted |
| Dry Ice Blasting is quickly becoming the preferred | | | | substance which can also lead to respiratory side |
| method for industrial cleaning and pressure washing. | | | | effects or contamination problems if the proper |
| Some of the other methods of pressure washing | | | | ventilation or draining precautions aren't taken. |
| include water blasting, soda blasting and sand blasting. | | | | Not only is the pressure washing industry creating |
| Although these methods are proven to work, they | | | | green solutions for cleaning, but the technology of |
| have been demoted as proficient methods of | | | | dry ice cleaning is working to clean up pollution on |
| industrial cleaning because they waste precious | | | | machines and make them more efficient. Oil, buildup |
| resources and contaminate the environment in the | | | | and other forms of discharge get stuck onto the |
| same effort to clean. | | | | working components of conveyers, molds and |
| Water blasting is one common method of pressure | | | | foundry equipment and have a tendency to slow the |
| washing, but in the process of being used, the water | | | | machine down, which in turn causes it to work harder |
| is contaminated by the substance being cleaned, not | | | | and waste energy and resources. Dry ice blasting |
| to mention wasted. Sand blasting is abrasive by | | | | easily blasts away most hazardous buildup |
| nature and often leaves equipment damaged and | | | | effortlessly, only leaving behind the removed material |
| possibly irreparable. This, in turn, causes expensive | | | | to be easily swept up. |
| machinery to be disposed of in landfills or scrap yards. | | | | The effects of pollution and global warming are |
| Soda Blasting is considered the weakest of the | | | | becoming more evident every day, but dry ice |
| pressure washing methods because of its inability to | | | | cleaning is helping power plants, factories and other |
| penetrate through tough buildup, the length of time it | | | | industrial sites run efficiently to protect and preserve |
| takes to use and because the clean up takes longer | | | | the environment. |
| than the actual cleaning process. | | | | |