SABAH more stringent POME discharge Standard

Palm oil plantation

SABAH -  plans to adopt more stringent anti-pollution standards for wastewater generated by the palm oil industry, and mills are rising up to the challenge. Some palm oil mills have put up more intensive effluent treatment systems in order to comply with rules on cleaner discharges. This is good news f or the people and wildlife living along the state’s longest river, the Kinabatangan. Cleaner discharge: Raw palm oil effluent is treated in a series of retention ponds in a mill near Sandakan, Sabah. The state wants mills operating in ecologically sensitive areas, such as the Kinabatangan river basin, to adhere to more stringent discharge standards. Cleaner discharge: Raw palm oil effluent is treated in a series of retention ponds in a mill near Sandakan, Sabah. The state wants mills operating in ecologically sensitive areas, such as the Kinabatangan river basin, to adhere to more stringent discharge standards.

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