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<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over [chip fat](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research concerns the ecological impact of increasing imports of used [cooking oil](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) (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://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) it conserves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) oil.<br>
<br>But such is the demand across Europe that imports now [represent](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the research study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
<br>With no testing of what's coming in, [specialists](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) think it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
<br>Used cooking oil imports might enhance deforestation<br>
<br>Consumers pose ['growing](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) threat' to tropical forests<br>
<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be among the hardest obstacles for [governments](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) all over the world.<br>
<br>They have actually motivated the usage of biofuels as a crucial means of [suppressing carbon](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) from cars and trucks and trucks.<br>
<br>Biofuels are generally a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
<br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 implies they cancel out the carbon discharged when utilized in engines.<br>
<br>Soy and palm oil were when widely [utilized](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) as parts 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) but this practice has been widely discredited due to the fact that it encourages deforestation.<br>
<br>So for the last years approximately, using utilized cooking oil has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
<br>[Chip fat](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and other waste oils have become a [crucial element](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) with an effective industry [emerging](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) throughout Europe to gather and process the item.<br>
<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 because 2014, there simply isn't enough chip fat to go around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study recommends this is highly problematic when it pertains to influence on the environment.<br>
<br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The report raises the question of what individuals in these countries are replacing 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 nations aren't offered but the circulation of UCO is most likely to be similar.<br>
<br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are buying it, they have actually less used cooking oil to use on the important things that they were formerly utilizing it for," stated Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
<br>"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil readily available.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
<br>Because of need from Europe, the rate of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are simply watering down deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
<br>As oils of different types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no screening of the products is carried out, some professionals believe scams is rife.<br>
<br>The recommendation of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification plans in place.<br>
<br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has actually taken relevant steps to completely suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](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) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He states a brand-new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, certification and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.<br>
<br>"The of [modified](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) certification 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 told BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming presumed fraud.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and aviation seeking to decarbonise by using biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next decade.<br>
<br>"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) levels would increase these issues, and dangers of using 'phony' UCO, possibly causing indirect [impacts](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) such as deforestation."<br>
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