System and method for mill effluent biological oxygen demand (BOD) reduction

A molded pulp product, comprising:

• short fibers at a first fiber consistency, the short fibers being rejected short fibers from a paper-making process as obtained from waste water of the paper-making process;
• and
• long fibers having a length that is greater than a length of the short fibers, the long fibers obtained from water containing long fibers of the paper-making process that is separately collected from the waste water from which the short fibers are obtained, all of the long fibers in the molded pulp product being virgin pulp long fibers,
• the molded pulp product being formed from a pulp slurry obtained by blending the waste water containing short fibers and the water containing long fibers,
• the molded pulp product having a burst strength of greater than 100 psi,
• the short fibers make up 75% or greater of an entire amount of fibers in the molded pulp product, and
• the molded pulp product has a basis weight of 473 to 510 gsm.

A molded pulp product, comprising:

• short fibers at a first fiber consistency, the short fibers being rejected short fibers from a paper-making process as obtained from waste water of the paper-making process;
• and
• long fibers having a length that is greater than a length of the short fibers, the long fibers obtained from water containing long fibers of the paper-making process that is separately collected from the waste water from which the short fibers are obtained, all of the long fibers in the molded pulp product being virgin pulp long fibers,
• the molded pulp product being formed from a pulp slurry obtained by blending the waste water containing short fibers and the water containing long fibers,
• the molded pulp product having a burst strength of greater than 100 psi,
• the short fibers make up 75% or greater of an entire amount of fibers in the molded pulp product, and
• the molded pulp product complies with FDA standards 176.170 and 176.180.