Palm oil waste kills thousands of fish

Palm oil waste kills thousands of fish

PEKANBARU, Riau: Waste from PT Surya Dumai Group palm oil company has polluted Kuning river, a tributary of Siak river, killing thousands of fish.

"Riau's Regional Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedalda) must investigate the serious pollution of the river," said Tengku Amriful Amri, an environmentalist at Riau University, on Saturday.

People living in the upstream area of Siak river have complained that the factory waste killed thousands of fish at the end of May.

Amriful said 20 companies including PT Surya Dumai Group had signed an agreement on April 11 before State Minister for the Environment Nabiel Makarim that they would improve their waste management. -- Antara