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Oil Palm Plantation Wastes

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Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry

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In Malaysia, palm oil industry is an irreplaceable economic activity due to its high global demand in both food and non-food industries. Thus, large land areas have been used for oil palm plantation in this country. However, oil palm plantation is also generating large amount of raw biomass. The major oil palm biomass produced in the oil palm plantation includes oil palm fronds and oil palm trunk. One hectare of oil palm planted area produces approximately 10 tonnes of oil palm fronds and 75 tonnes of oil palm trunk. In fact, huge amount of solid oil palm biomass is found on the plantations and the rest is generated in the mills during the production of crude palm oil. Even though both oil palm plantation solid wastes have been occupying the majority among the oil palm biomass, the fronds are merely utilized as mulch, while the trunks are normally left to burn or decay in the plantation area. Such underutilization of oil palm plantation wastes is encouraging the researchers to find ways to valorize the solid wastes into different bio-based products. Thus, this review highlights the potential reuse of oil palm fronds and oil palm trunk as the lignocellulosic biomass in producing bioenergy, bio-based chemicals, biochar, fertilizer, animal feed and other bio-based products.

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  1. School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia

    Dr. Phaik Eong Poh

  2. School of Engineering, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia

    Ta Yeong Wu

  3. School of Energy and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University Malaysia, Bandar Sunsuria, Selangor, Malaysia

    Weng Hoong Lam

  4. College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China

    Weng Hoong Lam

  5. School of Business, Monash University Malaysia, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, 47500, Bandar Sunway, Selangor, Malaysia

    Wai Ching Poon

  6. Wings Strategic Management Sdn Bhd, 23A-4, Setia Avenue, No 2, Jalan Setia Prima SU13/5, Setia Alam Seksyen U13, 40170, Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

    Chean Shen Lim

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Poh, P.E., Wu, T.Y., Lam, W.H., Poon, W.C., Lim, C.S. (2020). Oil Palm Plantation Wastes. In: Waste Management in the Palm Oil Industry. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39550-6_2

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