A circular economic model Turning waste into valuable new resource PT Great Giant Pineapple is the world second largest pineapple producer and the world largest single integrated facility (plantation, canning factory and processing plant) in one location, employing over 19,000 local people. GGP cans more than 500,000 tons of pineapples annually and exports 17,000 containers of canned pineapple containers to more than 65 countries. With such a big production
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capacity it generates huge amount of waste causing a problem for the environment. What’s more, in its 34,000-hectare site in Terbanggi Besar, Central Lampung, Indonesia, the company complex now comprises a pineapple plantation, pineapple factory, tapioca factory, cattle fattening, bromelain enzyme factory, liquid organic biofertilizer plant, composting plant, biogas plant and cogeneration plant.
Understanding fully that the business of such scale will cause massive environmental impact, Great Giant Pineapple developed a zero-waste management system that turns the waste from one business into a valuable product for the other business creating a circular relationship that benefits the environment and increases the profitability of both.
