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<br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research concerns the environmental impact of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
<br>But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now account for majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
<br>With no screening of what's being available in, professionals think it is likewise ripe for fraud.<br>
<br>Used [cooking oil](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) imports may boost logging<br>
<br>Consumers present 'growing risk' to tropical forests<br>
<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be one of the for governments all over the world.<br>
<br>They have actually motivated making use of biofuels as an important means of [suppressing carbon](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) from cars and trucks and trucks.<br>
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<br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon released when utilized in engines.<br>
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<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have become a key component of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with a reliable market emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the product.<br>
<br>But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there merely isn't [adequate](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) [chip fat](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to walk around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study recommends this is highly troublesome when it comes to effect on the environment.<br>
<br>While UCO is thought about a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what individuals in these nations are [replacing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
<br>In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't readily available however the [circulation](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) of UCO is most likely to be comparable.<br>
<br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of utilized oil that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly using it for," stated Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
<br>"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil available.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
<br>Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are merely diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
<br>As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the products is carried out, some professionals think fraud is swarming.<br>
<br>The tip 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 location.<br>
<br>"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate actions to entirely suppress unsound [market practices](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He says a new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.<br>
<br>"The combination of modified certification [schemes](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and the pan-EU track and trace database will make sure that no sustainability issues emerge in the entire [biofuels](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) chain," he told BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are concerned that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming suspected scams.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel wanting to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.<br>
<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of using 'phony' UCO, potentially leading to indirect effects such as logging."<br>
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