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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 questions the environmental 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.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand throughout 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 other way to show these imports are sustainable.
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With no screening of what's can be found in, specialists believe it is also ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports might improve deforestation
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Consumers position 'growing hazard' to tropical forests
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They've motivated making use of biofuels as an important ways of [suppressing carbon](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) from cars and trucks and trucks.
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[Biofuels](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) are normally a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or veggies.
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The reality that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 [implies](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) they counteract the carbon given off when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when commonly utilized as elements of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) but this practice has been extensively discredited since it encourages .
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So for the last years or two, using used cooking oil has actually broadened enormously as an alternative [feedstock](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have become an essential element of biodiesel with a [reliable market](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) [springing](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) up across Europe to gather 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 enough [chip fat](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to walk around.
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According to a report from the [campaign](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) group [Transport](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) & Environment, external, over half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their study recommends this is extremely problematic when it concerns effect on the environment.
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While UCO is considered a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the question of what individuals in these nations are replacing 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 offered but 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 3 litres per head of used oil that's gathered and [exported](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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 around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were previously using it for," said [Greg Archer](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil readily available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more [deforestation](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) 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 rate of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The worry is that some unethical traders are just diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of different types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the products is brought out, some experts believe fraud is rife.
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The tip of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust accreditation plans in place.
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"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has taken pertinent actions to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming suspected scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and air travel looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next decade.
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"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of utilizing 'phony' UCO, possibly resulting in indirect effects such as logging."
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