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<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over [chip fat](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research study questions the ecological impact of rising [imports](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) of used [cooking](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
<br>[Chip fat](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
<br>But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now represent over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the study, external, there's no chance to show these imports are sustainable.<br>
<br>Without any screening of what's being available in, [specialists](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) believe it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
<br>Used cooking oil imports might improve deforestation<br>
<br>Consumers posture 'growing threat' to tropical forests<br>
<br> from transport is showing to be among the most [difficult difficulties](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) for governments all over the world.<br>
<br>They've encouraged the use of biofuels as an essential ways of suppressing carbon from cars and [lorries](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<br>
<br>Biofuels are generally a blend of [nonrenewable fuel](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) source and oil made from plants or veggies.<br>
<br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon released when utilized in engines.<br>
<br>Soy and palm oil were once commonly used as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) however this practice has been commonly challenged due to the fact that it encourages logging.<br>
<br>So for the last decade or two, making use of used [cooking oil](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) has actually expanded enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being a key part of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with an effective market springing up across Europe to collect and [process](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) the item.<br>
<br>But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there merely isn't enough chip fat to walk around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study recommends this is extremely bothersome when it pertains to influence on the [environment](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
<br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what individuals in these [nations](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
<br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.abnnewswire.net/companies/en/31347/%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A9%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%97-Mission-NewEnergy-%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%94.html/4) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't available however the circulation of UCO is most likely to be comparable.<br>
<br>With a [population](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to collect around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to use on the important things that they were previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
<br>"And they're just buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the least expensive oil readily available.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
<br>Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
<br>As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the products is carried out, some experts think fraud is swarming.<br>
<br>The suggestion of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification plans in place.<br>
<br>"It is extensively known that the European Commission has actually taken pertinent steps to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He states a brand-new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br>
<br>"The mix of revised accreditation schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability problems emerge in the entire [biofuels](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming thought fraud.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next decade.<br>
<br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and dangers of using 'fake' UCO, potentially causing indirect impacts such as deforestation."<br>
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