I have PDZ on my poop board and shaving on my floor. I scoop the poop board with a cat litter scoop. When my girls get a few shavings up there it it stays in the litter scoop when I shake the excess PDZ out. Where this is my first coop I actually looked at most all the designs people did and...
Here's a picture of mine. That link shows it well also. I love it, it keeps the floor so much cleaner and alot more floor space that I use to hang my waterer.
I use the pdz that looks like sand or cat litter. That's all I saw at TSC. I get a little dust from it, but haven't seen or used the powder. Me personally I would mix it with some play sand if the powder makes that much dust. But I am a newbie with my first flock. I absolutely love PDZ!