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Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)
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21 April 2021
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New research concerns the environmental effect of increasing imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand across Europe that imports now account for over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no method to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no testing of what's coming in, specialists think it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports might improve deforestation
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Consumers pose 'growing risk' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be one of the most [difficult obstacles](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) for governments all over the world.
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They've using [biofuels](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) as a crucial ways of suppressing carbon from vehicles and lorries.
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[Biofuels](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) are normally a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or [vegetables](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).
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The truth that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon released when utilized in [engines](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).
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Soy and [palm oil](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) were once extensively utilized as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) however this practice has actually been extensively rejected due to the fact that it motivates logging.
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So for the last years or so, using used cooking oil has [broadened](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have become an essential component of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) with an effective market [emerging](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) across Europe to gather and process the item.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there just isn't [adequate chip](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) fat to go around.
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According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their study suggests this is highly troublesome when it pertains to [impacts](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) on the environment.
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While UCO is thought about a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been used to feed animals. The report raises the question of what individuals in these nations are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and [Ireland](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy). Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't offered but the flow of UCO is most likely to be comparable.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's [collected](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and [exported](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, managed to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have less used cooking oil to use on the important things that they were previously utilizing it for," stated Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The concern is that some unscrupulous traders are simply diluting shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the products is performed, some experts think scams is swarming.
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The recommendation of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification schemes in place.
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"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has taken relevant actions to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He states a brand-new database being developed by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.
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"The mix of modified accreditation schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no [sustainability issues](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) develop in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming suspected fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and aviation looking to decarbonise by using biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next decade.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and dangers of utilizing 'fake' UCO, potentially causing indirect [effects](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) such as logging."
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