How to recover and optimise Malaysia's palm oil waste value?

Malaysia is the second-largest crude palm oil producer in the world and fulfils nearly half of all demand for the oil, which is now used in a huge variety of foodstuffs and household products.
In Malaysia, there are more than 400 palm oil mills and each produce huge amounts of waste, including palm kernel shell and mesocarp fibre from the oil palm fruitlet, empty fruit branches and waste water which known as Palm Oil Mill Effluent (POME). All of which are currently not fully utilised and polluting the environment. 
Recently, here is a unique integrated zero-waste management system for the palm oil mill (Havys Oil Mill Sdn Bhd, in Palong, Pahang). The pilot plant, called an Integrated Recovery and Regeneration System (REGEN), integrating various technologies which convert all solid biomass waste and POME into valuable products and bio-energy.
We all know that the by-products of palm oil production have long been a problem for the industry and the environment, so this new technology is hoped be a best practice example of what can be achieved in the drive for sustainability. In principle, there will be zero discharge from the entire mill process, which will enable palm oil processing facilities to turn oil palm biomasses into various products, such as dried long fibre for matting, pellets, briquettes and biofuels. We can also use the empty fruit bunches to make bio-fertiliser that retains the nutrients from the palm tree, cutting chemical use and creating healthier soil. This in turn improves the overall palm fruit yield and the quality of the crude oil.
According to this biomass strategy, Malaysia’s output of palm biomass is expected to increase to 100 million dry tonnes by 2020. By combining resources, know-how and capabilities, this joint venture can fully undertake projects large and small to recover and optimise Malaysia’s palm oil waste value.