MBSJ sets up management centre to process coconut waste

SUBANG Jaya City Council (MBSJ) has come up with the first coconut waste management centre in Selangor.

Waste Eco Park MBSJ would ensure coconut waste from traders was managed systematically while also reducing the amount of coconut waste sent to landfills, MBSJ’s Corporate and Strategic Management Department said in a statement.

“Licensed coconut traders will send their coconut waste to be processed here. As of December 2023, we have 19 traders who have paid for scheduled coconut waste collection.

“Collection is done twice a week. Traders also have the option of dropping off coconut waste themselves on weekdays during office hours.”

Waste Eco Park MBSJ sits on a 0.53ha site at Jalan TS 6/10 in Taman Industri Subang.

During an open day to introduce the centre, Subang Jaya mayor Datuk Mohd Fauzi Mohd Yatim and other guests witnessed a demonstration of a coconut waste decomposition machine.

There were also demonstrations on use of cocopeat and cocofibre products, composting and recycling, as well as briefings by MBSJ’s Environmental Management Department and Selangor Agriculture Department, and sale of MBSJ’s organic products.

“The value-add from this project is production of cocopeat and cocofibre products from coconut waste collected from traders around the city, including Subang Jaya, Puchong, Putra Heights and Seri Kembangan,” the statement read.

“Cocofibre can be used as mulching for potted plants and is effective for controlling weed growth and maintaining soil moisture. Cocopeat is ideal as a planting medium.”

As of December, Waste Eco Park MBSJ has collected 483,699kg in coconut waste and produced 35,789kg cocofibre and 6,784.1kg cocopeat products.

MBSJ is targeting a 30% increase in recycling of coconut waste at the centre by 2030. For details, call 03-8026 4364.