Feasibility analysis of technical and environmental aspects of establishing an oil palm empty fruit bunch waste processing business unit

Department of Agriculture Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Riau, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: vonny.setiaries@lecturer.unri.ac.id

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the feasibility of the plan to establish a business unit for processing OPEFB waste into briquettes and liquid smoke products based on technical and environmental aspects. The establishment of an OPEFB processing business unit will be established in the Sei Galuh PKS area, with a production capacity of 3000 kg/day and capable of producing charcoal briquette products of 644.25 kg/day and liquid smoke products of 314.11 kg/day. The business unit will be built on an area of ±767.5911 m² and consists of 12 facilities. The environmental impact caused by the establishment of this business unit can be reviewed from the physical development period of the project including land acquisition and the project operation period including waste and pollution that can be handled properly and does not cause adverse impacts on the environment around the business unit area. So that based on the technical and environmental aspects of this OPEFB processing business unit is feasible to establish.