| Abstract |
Mill operation of oil palm activities produces tons of waste products such as
palm oil kernel, empty fruit bunches (EFB), palm oil mill effluent (POME) and
palm pressed fiber (PPF). Currently, the waste product is return back to the
field as mulching material and recycles as fuel resources in oil palm mill and
also disposed as waste slurry product where the decomposition process by
microorganism such as bacteria and fungi is taken place in the field.
However, these practices are not environmentally friendly and require
different solution which gives economics benefits and reduces
environmental problems. Therefore, black soldier flies larvae are used as
main bioconversion agent for palm oil waste products. The objective of this
innovation is to determine the effectiveness of black soldier flies larvae in
enhancing the bioconversion of oil palm wastes especially treated POME,
EFB, PPF and food wastes as control. The effectiveness of black soldier flies
larvae as bioconversion agent for each treatment is measured by evaluating
analysis of variance (ANOVA) and significant differences on BSFL dry weight
and conversion ratio. The result from this study is important as it offers
opportunities for the industry to utilize the waste product from oil palm to
produce organic feedlot for poultry and aquaculture industry hence reduces
feedlot cost for the producer and increases the sustainability production for
both industries on economics reasons and also reduces environmental
pollution. |