Sarawak goes green with sago


The Sarawak Chief Minister said that waste from the sago industry could be treated and help to ensure a cleaner environment compared to the previous practice of releasing the waste into the river and causing pollution.

KUCHING: The Sarawak government is giving emphasis on investments towards the development of green technology and alternative renewable energy sources such as biogas from sago waste, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.

He said waste from the sago industry could be treated and help to ensure a cleaner environment compared to the previous practice of releasing the waste into the river and causing pollution.

“Among the products that can be produced from sago are for power generation, producing clean residual water, as well as producing biogas, ” he said at the signing of an MoA between Craun Research Sdn Bhd and Knowledge Integrated Services. – Bernama

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