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<br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research questions the environmental effect of rising imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
<br>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 saves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) oil.<br>
<br>But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now account for [majority](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the research study, external, there's no method to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
<br>Without any [screening](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) of what's coming in, professionals think it is likewise ripe for scams.<br>
<br>Used cooking oil [imports](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) may improve deforestation<br>
<br>[Consumers posture](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 'growing threat' to tropical forests<br>
<br>Reducing emissions from transport is [proving](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to be among the hardest difficulties for federal governments all over the world.<br>
<br>They've encouraged using biofuels as an important methods of curbing carbon from vehicles and [lorries](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
<br>Biofuels are normally a mix of [fossil fuel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and oil made from plants or [vegetables](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).<br>
<br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 suggests they cancel out the carbon given off when utilized in engines.<br>
<br>Soy and palm oil were as soon as extensively used as parts of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) but this practice has actually been extensively rejected because it encourages deforestation.<br>
<br>So for the last years approximately, making use of utilized cooking oil has broadened enormously as an alternative [feedstock](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) for fuel.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) with a reliable market emerging across Europe to gather and [process](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) the item.<br>
<br>But with the amount of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there just isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study recommends this is highly problematic when it pertains to impacts on the [environment](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).<br>
<br>While UCO is thought about a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the question of what individuals in these [countries](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) are [replacing](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
<br>In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. [Figures](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) for their exports to other European countries aren't offered but the circulation of UCO is most likely to be comparable.<br>
<br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of utilized oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to collect around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are buying it, they have actually less utilized 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 just purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the most inexpensive oil offered.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
<br>Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are simply diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
<br>As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the materials is carried out, some experts believe scams is swarming.<br>
<br>The idea of fraud 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 place.<br>
<br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has actually taken pertinent steps to entirely suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He states a new database being established by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br>
<br>"The mix of revised accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability issues develop in the whole biofuels and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not be efficient in stemming thought scams.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel wanting to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.<br>
<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would these issues, and dangers of using 'phony' UCO, possibly causing indirect effects such as logging."<br>
<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
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