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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 [questions](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) the ecological impact of rising imports of utilized 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 used to make [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) it conserves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) oil.
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But such is the demand throughout Europe that [imports](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) now [represent](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the research study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are [sustainable](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86).
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Without any testing of what's coming in, experts think it is likewise ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports may improve deforestation
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Consumers posture 'growing threat' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is proving to be one of the most difficult challenges for federal governments all over the world.
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They have actually [encouraged](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) using biofuels as an important ways of curbing carbon from [vehicles](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and trucks.
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Biofuels are normally a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile).
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The reality that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 implies they counteract the carbon released when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were as soon as extensively utilized as components of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) however this practice has actually been extensively rejected because it encourages deforestation.
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So for the last years approximately, the usage of used cooking oil has actually expanded enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have become a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with an effective industry emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the item.
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But with the amount of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year since 2014, there just isn't sufficient chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their study recommends this is [extremely bothersome](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) when it pertains to impacts on the environment.
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While UCO is thought about a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been [utilized](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what individuals in these nations are changing 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 nations](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) aren't readily available however the flow of UCO is most likely to be similar.
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With a [population](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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.
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By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have less used cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly utilizing it for," stated Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the most affordable oil offered.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more in [Southeast](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) 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 typically greater than palm oil. The concern is that some deceitful traders are simply diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the products is carried out, some specialists think fraud is rife.
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The recommendation of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification schemes in location.
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"It is widely known that the European Commission has actually taken relevant steps to completely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a new database being developed by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.
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"The mix of modified accreditation [schemes](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability concerns develop in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.
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Others in the field are worried that the database concept, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming presumed scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and air travel seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next decade.
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"Rising the need beyond [sustainable supply](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) levels would increase these concerns, and threats of utilizing 'fake' UCO, possibly [causing indirect](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) effects such as deforestation."
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