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Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/)
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21 April 2021
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New research concerns the environmental effect of increasing imports of used 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/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now represent more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.
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Without any testing of what's coming in, professionals think it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports may enhance logging
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Consumers pose 'growing hazard' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be among the most difficult difficulties for governments all over the world.
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They have actually encouraged using biofuels as an important ways of suppressing carbon from automobiles and trucks.
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Biofuels are generally a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or [vegetables](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).
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The [reality](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 implies they [counteract](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) the carbon produced when used in .
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Soy and palm oil were as soon as extensively used as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) however this practice has actually been commonly rejected due to the fact that it motivates logging.
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So for the last years approximately, using used cooking oil has actually expanded enormously as an alternative [feedstock](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial component of [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) with an effective market emerging throughout Europe to [collect](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and process the item.
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But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year since 2014, there simply isn't enough chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the [campaign](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their research study suggests this is extremely bothersome when it concerns effects on the [environment](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).
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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](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) in these countries 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](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) for their [exports](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) to other [European nations](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) aren't available however the flow of UCO is most likely to be similar.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, [managed](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to [collect](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have actually less used 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 just buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil readily available.
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"So indirectly, we're just motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is typically higher than palm oil. The concern is that some dishonest traders are merely diluting shipments 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 brought out, some experts believe fraud is swarming.
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The suggestion of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation plans in location.
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"It is extensively known that the [European Commission](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) has actually taken appropriate steps to totally curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He states a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.
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"The combination of modified certification plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability problems develop in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be efficient in stemming suspected fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and aviation aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](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) levels would increase these concerns, and dangers of utilizing 'phony' UCO, possibly causing indirect effects such as deforestation."
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