Palm Biomass waste as a potential colour removal for batik wastewater treatment / Amin Nor Rashdan A. Raaman … [et al.]

Dye is a widely-used colorant in Malaysian batik industry and it can be harmful to any living things which are exposed to its toxicity. Due to this, many treatments have been developed but most of these methods are very costly. Hence, more cheap and feasible methods need to be discovered in treating the wastewater. This study ventures on the use of activated carbon from the oil palm biomass waste, specifically oil palm kernel shell, oil palm fronds and empty fruit bunch as the colour removal from direct dye solutions. This discovery gives a promising future to the oil palm industries since the biomass waste, which is available throughout the whole year, will be used efficiently. This method can help small batik industries to reduce the cost of treating their wastewater and hence, encouraging them to cooperate in protecting the environment from the pollution. This leads in building up clean batik industries. Perhaps, Malaysia can be a safe place to live in the future.