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Fima CORPORATION Berhad

(197401004110) (21185-P) •

Annual Report 2020

53

Waste Management

The

Plantation Division

adheres to a zero-discharge policy by recycling waste and by-products. At our palm oil mill in Indonesia, oil mill

waste comprises of POME and EFB. These are both utilised in various ways:

Compost

Organic Fertiliser

Mulch

Old stems & leaves

are made into mulch

Shell

Fibre

Empty Fruit

Bunch

DOME Palm Kernel

Cake

Crude Palm Oil

Crude Palm

Kernel Oil

Palm fruit is harvested from oil

palm trees in the form of fresh

fruit bunches

Mesocarp

Kernel

Fuel Fibre &

shells are used

as boiler fuel in

the mills

Fresh Fruit Bunch

are sent to the mill

within 24 hours

POME discharged from the mill must not be reintroduced into the environment in its raw

form. Raw POME has a high acid content and, due to its rich nutrient content, the Biological

Oxygen Demand (“BOD”) level is high. However, our average BOD reading for POME during

the land application stage falls well within the allowable discharge limits of < 5,000 parts

per million (“ppm”).

The POME collected from the mill is treated in open ponds located on-site. The organic

material in wastewater is broken down by natural occurrences of anaerobic and aerobic

bacteria. This process eliminates the need to add chemicals before POME is either mixed

with shredded EFB to make compost.

FYE2019

FYE2020

(MT)

(MT)

Total EFB produced

47,233

41,529

EFB process into compost

27,155

4,710

POME applied to estate

116,320

102,155

The significant y-o-y decrease in the volumes of EFB processed by PTNJL’s

composting plant was due to issues related to the plant’s operating license which

resulted in the plant’s operations being suspended in the first three-quarters

of FYE2020. During this suspension period, the shredded EFB was

applied at the fields and used as a feedstock for the boilers.

sustainability : environment