There’s gold in oil palm waste


Palm biomass is seen as contributing RM30bil to the gross national income (GNI) by 2020.

Malaysia has the opportunity to tap into the biomass potential of the millions of tonnes of green waste that could be turned into fuel, fertiliser, animal feed and more, writes HO WAH FOON.

DESPITE worrying reports on the outflow of foreign funds from Malaysia, there is foreign money waiting to enter the country from investors looking at the biomass potentials – fuel, compost, fertiliser, animal feed and such – of oil palm waste.

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