ANALYSIS OF THE POTENTIAL OF PALM SHELL WASTE WHEN USED AS ACTIVED CHARCOAL IN RIAU PROVINCE

Abstract

This research was held because of the great number of palm shell waste produced in Riau Province that may cause many of environmental damages. This research is aimed to know the potency of palm shell waste as actived charcoal in Riau Province and to reduce the environmental damages because of palm shell waste. The data in this research is secondary data. The method and data analysis were quantitative descriptive by using statistical formula with geometric method. The number of palm shell waste for one ton of fresh fruit bunches (TBS) was 6.5%. if using actived charcoal yield of 80% of the waste palm shell,the actived charcoal productivity in 2006 was 234.619,23 tons. In 2015 productivity of activated charcoal will be increased to 477,237.79 tons. if the price of actived charcoal Rp.4000 per kg, the price for all actived charcoal of the palm shell in Riau Province in 2015 can reach Rp.1,908 trillion.