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<br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research study questions the ecological effect of increasing imports of [utilized](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) it [conserves carbon](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 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 need throughout Europe that [imports](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) now [represent](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the research study, external, there's no other way to show these imports are [sustainable](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).<br>
<br>With no screening of what's being available in, professionals believe it is likewise ripe for scams.<br>
<br>Used cooking oil imports might enhance logging<br>
<br>Consumers pose 'growing danger' to [tropical](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) forests<br>
<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be one of the most difficult challenges for federal governments all over the world.<br>
<br>They have actually motivated using biofuels as an essential methods of [curbing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) carbon from [automobiles](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and lorries.<br>
<br>Biofuels are generally a blend of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or veggies.<br>
<br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 suggests they counteract the carbon discharged when utilized in engines.<br>
<br>Soy and palm oil were once widely used as components of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) but this practice has been commonly challenged because it encourages deforestation.<br>
<br>So for the last years approximately, using utilized cooking oil has actually broadened massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have ended up being a crucial component of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with an [efficient](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) market [springing](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) up across Europe to collect and process the product.<br>
<br>But with the amount 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 just isn't enough chip fat to walk around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study suggests this is extremely problematic when it comes to effect on the environment.<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](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) of what people in these nations are changing 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 however the circulation of UCO is 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 gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were formerly utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
<br>"And they're just buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the cheapest oil available.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
<br>Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The concern is that some unethical traders are merely watering down shipments 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 specialists believe fraud is swarming.<br>
<br>The idea of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation schemes in place.<br>
<br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has taken pertinent actions to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He says a new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be signed up.<br>
<br>"The mix of revised accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no [sustainability](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) problems occur in the entire [biofuels](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and [bio-liquids supply](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) chain," he told BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming believed scams.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by using biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next years.<br>
<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would these concerns, and risks of using 'phony' UCO, potentially leading to indirect impacts such as logging."<br>
<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
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