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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 study questions the environmental effect of rising imports of used oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand across Europe that imports now account for 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](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) are sustainable.
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Without any testing of what's being available in, specialists believe it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports might boost logging
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Consumers posture 'growing risk' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be one of the hardest difficulties for [governments](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) all over the world.
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They've encouraged making use of biofuels as an important methods of curbing carbon from cars and trucks and trucks.
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[Biofuels](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) are typically a blend of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The fact that these crops can be [re-grown](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and absorb more CO2 implies they cancel out the carbon given off when utilized in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were once extensively utilized as components of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) but this practice has actually been [extensively challenged](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) since it motivates logging.
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So for the last years or two, making use of utilized [cooking oil](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) has actually expanded enormously as an alternative [feedstock](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being an essential element of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) with an efficient market emerging across Europe to gather and process the product.
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But with the [quantity](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) 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 given that 2014, there merely isn't sufficient chip fat to go around.
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According to a report from the campaign group [Transport](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their research [study recommends](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) this is highly problematic when it comes to effect on the environment.
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While UCO is considered a [waste product](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been used to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what [individuals](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) 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 for their exports to other European countries aren't readily available however the circulation 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 utilized 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, handled to collect around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less used cooking oil to use on the important things that they were formerly utilizing it for," [stated Greg](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the least expensive oil 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 scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is typically greater than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are simply diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the materials is performed, some specialists think scams is rife.
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The idea 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 place.
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"It is commonly known that the European Commission has taken pertinent [actions](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 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, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.
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"The [combination](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) of revised certification schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability issues arise in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.
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Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was 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 looking to decarbonise by using biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and threats of using 'fake' UCO, potentially resulting in indirect impacts such as deforestation."
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Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.
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