How to do Warehouse Pest Control ?
Prevention is the Best form of Warehouse Pest Management
Although there is no foolproof way of preventing pest infestations from entering the warehouse, but good upkeep and sanitation practices reduces the ways that rats, mice, roaches, birds, and other pests can get in. Some basic precautions include:
1). It is seen that most of the Warehouses in Delhi Ncr region have Asbestos or metal roof. Therefore ensuring that the roof is tightly sealed and leak-proof, doors/roll on shutters close fully and tightly, and that any windows are also well sealed and meshed.
2). Doing routine maintenance of plumbing and air conditioning to prevent leaks and other sources of dampness, which keep pests from having a convenient supply of water makes it more difficult for them to breed
3). Cleaning your warehouse of any spilled food products and employee food waste should be allowed only in designated areas . It is equally important to ensure that residue and garbage is removed from these areas after each meal.
These basic procedures are all part of keeping a warehouse clean. And while they will help keep pests from entering the Warehouse, they won’t cordon off a warehouse’s biggest vulnerability: constant flow of shipments entering the building. If a pallet loaded with packaged foods arrives in warehouse , bringing the pests along with their food supply, then there is every chance of them establishing in the warehouse in spite of all your efforts to keep them out.
Plastic shipping pallets have far lesser crevices that insects can use as hideouts than wooden pallets do. Plastic pallets don’t allow pathway to pests from using this route into your warehouse. Plastic is also nonabsorbent, and a plastic pallet is less likely to give pests a moisture source that they can use to survive. Last but not the least it’s possible to wash and Sanitise plastic pallets, which facilitates the control of insect pests in warehouse. All of these features and practices give plastic pallets a clear advantage in preventing the cross-infestations of pests between the warehouses, which in turn saves your Total Cost of Business (TCOB).
