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<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL)<br>
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<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research study questions the ecological effect of rising imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
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<br>Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make biodiesel it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
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<br>But such is the demand across Europe that imports now [represent](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) more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
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<br>According to the study, external, there's no chance to show these [imports](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) are sustainable.<br>
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<br>With no testing of what's coming in, professionals believe it is likewise ripe for scams.<br>
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<br>Used cooking oil [imports](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) may improve logging<br>
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<br>[Consumers posture](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) 'growing danger' to [tropical](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) forests<br>
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<br>Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be one of the toughest obstacles for federal governments all over the world.<br>
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<br>They've motivated using [biofuels](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) as an essential ways of suppressing carbon from vehicles and trucks.<br>
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<br>Biofuels are typically a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or veggies.<br>
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<br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 [implies](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) they counteract the carbon emitted when utilized in engines.<br>
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<br>Soy and palm oil were when widely used as components of biodiesel but this practice has actually been commonly discredited since it encourages logging.<br>
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<br>So for the last years approximately, the usage of utilized cooking oil has expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
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<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being an [essential element](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) of biodiesel with a reliable industry [emerging](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) throughout Europe to [collect](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) and [process](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) the item.<br>
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<br>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 simply isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.<br>
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<br>According to a report from the campaign group [Transport](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) & Environment, external, majority of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
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<br>Their study suggests this is extremely troublesome when it pertains to influence on the environment.<br>
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<br>While UCO is thought about a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been used to feed animals. The report raises the question of what people in these nations are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
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<br>In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't readily available however the circulation of UCO is likely to be similar.<br>
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<br>With a [population](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of used oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and [Ireland](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) alone.<br>
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<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
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<br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less used cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
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<br>"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the least expensive oil offered.<br>
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<br>"So indirectly, we're just [encouraging](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) more [logging](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) in Southeast Asia."<br>
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<br>Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
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<br>Because of demand from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some dishonest traders are just diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
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<br>As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transport, and no screening of the materials is performed, some professionals think fraud is swarming.<br>
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<br>The suggestion of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification schemes in location.<br>
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<br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has actually taken relevant steps to entirely suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
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<br>He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br>
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<br>"The combination of revised certification plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability issues occur in the entire biofuels and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) chain," he told BBC News.<br>
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<br>Others in the field are worried that the database concept, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming thought fraud.<br>
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<br>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 decade.<br>
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<br>"Rising the need beyond [sustainable supply](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) levels would increase these concerns, and of using 'phony' UCO, possibly leading to indirect effects such as logging."<br>
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<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
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<br>Related topics<br>
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<br>COP26<br>
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