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Kumpulan Fima Berhad (11817-V) •
Annual Report 2018
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018
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 different ways:
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 too. 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”).
total EFB produced
(MT)
40,332
2017
51,684
2018
91,209
MT
of POME applied to
estate fields in FYE2018
26,395
MT
of EFB processed into
compost in FYE2018
The POME collected from the mill is treated in open anaerobic 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 the water is discharged and results in successful fish breeding at the final
effluent pond. POME is utilised in two ways. It is either mixed with shredded EFB to
make our compost or applied directly to estate via the furrow system.
In addition to being converted into compost, shredded EFB is also widely used as
feedstock for the steam boiler at the mill for power generation
Further, we regularly monitor the POME used for land application to ensure that it
does not overflow into the natural waterways.
PTNJL has achieved the Green rating, the second highest level in Indonesia’s Program
for Pollution Control, Evaluation, and Rating (“PROPER”) in the manufacturing/
agroindustry category for 4 consecutive years. The Green rating is awarded to
businesses/activities that have displayed environmental management effort and
achieved results better than those required by regulation.
A substantial amount of unused fish parts generated by fish processing activities
at International Food Corporation Ltd (“IFC”), the
Food Division
’s processing plant
in Papua New Guinea, are converted into fishmeal which is then sold to companies
involved in the aquaculture and livestock industries. The remainder is sold to external
fishmeal processors.
FYE2017
FYE2018
Fishmeal
315,000 kg
611,500 kg
Hazardous waste and residual products recovered from our operations are disposed
of in accordance with stringent industry standards and statutory requirements.