Five pineapple waste processing centres in the pipeline
JOHOR BARU: The Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (LPNM) is formulating a comprehensive plan to strengthen the country's pineapple waste industry, says its director-general Mohd Khairuzamri M. Salleh.
He said the plan includes the proposed setting up of five Pineapple Waste Processing Centres (PPSN) and 50 waste collection kiosks nationwide.
The initiative will be funded under the 13th Malaysia Plan (13MP), he added.
Mohd Khairuzamri said the five centres are expected to be built in the east coast, southern, northern, central and Sarawak zones, to turn farm waste into a new source of income for farmers while supporting the nation's environmental sustainability goals.
'The PPSNs will collect and process pineapple waste such as leaves and stems into value-added products such as animal feed, planting media, paper pulp and composite materials,' he told Bernama at the Malaysian Pineapple Day 2025 celebration held here yesterday.
He said the first pilot PPSN project began operations in Rompin, Pahang last year.
It is equipped with modern machinery, including harvesters, crushers, extruders and dryers, with a capacity to process between one and three tonnes of waste daily.
On the waste collection kiosks, Mohd Khairuzamri said they will be set up at the community and smallholder levels to facilitate the sale of pineapple waste to nearby PPSNs.
'These kiosks will streamline logistics and centralised waste collection, thereby accelerating the value chain process in the pineapple waste industry,' he said.
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