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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 concerns the environmental impact of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now account for majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no screening of what's being available in, professionals think it is likewise ripe for fraud.
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Consumers present 'growing risk' to tropical forests
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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.
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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 highly troublesome when it comes to effect 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 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.
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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 aren't readily available however the [circulation](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) of UCO is most likely to be comparable.
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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.
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By contrast, 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 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.
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"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming suspected scams.
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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.
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"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."
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