The terms palm oil mill effluent and palm oil sludge, and their acronyms POME and POS, are used interchangeably to refer to wastewater discharge from palm oil mills. Currently a miscellany of other terms are in use, based on the physical characteristics of the products, their ultimate use, and their capacity for polluting the environment. The PORIM Oil Palm By-Product Utilization Committee (1984) in consultation with the industry has recommended that there is a need to adopt standard terminology and nomenclature descriptions for the by-products and wastes generated in pakm oil mills.

Main Researcher: Zin Z. Zakaria