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Fima CORPORATION Berhad
(197401004110) (21185-P) •
Annual Report 2020
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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