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Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb)
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21 April 2021
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New research [concerns](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) the environmental effect of increasing 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 [utilized](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to make [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the need across Europe that [imports](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) now account for more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no chance to show these imports are sustainable.
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With no screening of what's being available in, [professionals](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) think it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used [cooking oil](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) imports might boost deforestation
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Consumers position 'growing danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be among the toughest difficulties for federal [governments](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) all over the world.
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They've encouraged making use of biofuels as an essential ways of curbing carbon from automobiles and lorries.
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Biofuels are usually a blend of [nonrenewable fuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) source and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The reality that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 suggests they [counteract](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) the carbon discharged when used in .
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Soy and palm oil were when commonly used as components of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) however this practice has been extensively discredited because it encourages logging.
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So for the last decade approximately, using [utilized cooking](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) oil has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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[Chip fat](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and other waste oils have ended up being an essential element of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) with a reliable market springing up across Europe to collect and process the product.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](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) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year since 2014, there simply isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than 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 influence on the environment.
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While UCO is considered a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the [concern](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) of what people in these countries 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 to other [European countries](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) aren't available however the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.
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With a [population](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of utilized oil that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have actually less used cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were previously utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil readily available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The worry is that some dishonest traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the products is brought out, some experts believe scams is swarming.
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The idea of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation schemes in place.
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"It is widely known that the [European](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) Commission has taken relevant steps to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.
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"The mix of revised accreditation schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will make sure that no sustainability issues occur 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 efficient in stemming presumed scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and aviation wanting to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and [dangers](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) of using 'phony' UCO, possibly resulting in indirect impacts such as logging."
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