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Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)
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21 April 2021
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New research study concerns the ecological effect of rising imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) it saves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) oil.
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But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now represent over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no testing of what's coming in, [experts](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) think it is likewise ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports might boost logging
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Consumers present 'growing risk' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be among the [toughest obstacles](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) for federal governments all over the world.
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They have actually [encouraged](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) using biofuels as a crucial methods of suppressing carbon from vehicles and [lorries](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).
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Biofuels are usually a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or veggies.
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The fact that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 implies they counteract the carbon produced when utilized in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when widely used as elements of biodiesel however this [practice](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) has actually been commonly discredited because it encourages deforestation.
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So for the last decade approximately, the usage of used cooking oil has actually broadened massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have become an essential part of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) with an efficient industry springing up throughout Europe to gather and [process](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) the item.
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But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there just isn't sufficient [chip fat](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to walk around.
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According to a report from the project group [Transport](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their research study recommends this is extremely troublesome when it comes to effect on the environment.
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While UCO is considered a waste material in the UK, in China, [Indonesia](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The [report raises](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) the concern of what people in these nations are replacing 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. Figures for their [exports](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to other European countries aren't readily available but the circulation of UCO is most likely to be similar.
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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://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were formerly using it for," said 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 simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the rate of UCO is typically higher than palm oil. The worry is that some deceitful traders are merely diluting shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transport, and no screening of the products is brought out, some experts believe scams is swarming.
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The tip 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 schemes in location.
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"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has taken appropriate actions to completely [curb unsound](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) [market practices](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) in [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a brand-new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.
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"The combination of revised certification plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability issues emerge in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not be effective in stemming thought fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) levels would increase these issues, and risks of utilizing 'fake' UCO, potentially resulting in indirect impacts such as deforestation."
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