But here’s where the story gets ingenious: instead of creating another plastic filter destined for landfills, the students turned to palm fibre—the fibrous waste left over from Malaysia’s massive palm oil industry. As the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, Malaysia generates enormous amounts of this agricultural byproduct, which is typically discarded or burned. Empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibres – the agricultural waste that became the key to Malaysia’s sewer solution. The Next Chapter: UNBLOK’s Journey to Global RecognitionThe invention is now advancing to the international James Dyson Award competition, where global winners can receive up to £166,700 (approximately RM943,663). Sir James Dyson is a British inventor and industrial designer, best known for founding the Dyson company and developing innovative technologies, including the bagless vacuum cleaner.