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<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research questions the environmental effect of rising imports of utilized 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 it [saves carbon](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) emissions by oil.<br>
<br>But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now account for more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the research study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
<br>Without any [testing](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) of what's coming in, professionals believe it is likewise ripe for fraud.<br>
<br>Used cooking oil imports may improve logging<br>
<br>Consumers present 'growing danger' to tropical forests<br>
<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be one of the hardest challenges for federal governments all over the world.<br>
<br>They have actually motivated using biofuels as a crucial methods of [curbing](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) carbon from cars and trucks and lorries.<br>
<br>Biofuels are usually a blend of [nonrenewable fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) source and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
<br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 suggests they cancel out the carbon emitted when used in engines.<br>
<br>Soy and palm oil were when widely utilized as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) but this practice has been widely discredited because it encourages logging.<br>
<br>So for the last years approximately, using utilized [cooking oil](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) has broadened enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have become a crucial element of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) with an effective market springing up across Europe to collect and process the product.<br>
<br>But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there merely isn't enough chip fat to go around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the [project](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the [UCO utilized](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study suggests this is extremely bothersome when it concerns effects on the environment.<br>
<br>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](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) the concern of what individuals in these countries are [replacing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
<br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't available but the flow of UCO is 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 collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have less used cooking oil to use on the things that they were formerly using it for," said [Greg Archer](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) with [Transport](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) & Environment.<br>
<br>"And they're just buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil offered.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
<br>Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The worry is that some dishonest traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
<br>As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the products is carried out, some experts believe scams is swarming.<br>
<br>The suggestion of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust accreditation schemes in location.<br>
<br>"It is widely known that the European Commission has taken pertinent steps to completely suppress [unsound market](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) practices in [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He states a brand-new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.<br>
<br>"The mix of modified accreditation schemes 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.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are worried that the database concept, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming believed fraud.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and aviation seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.<br>
<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would [increase](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) these concerns, and dangers of [utilizing 'fake'](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) UCO, possibly resulting in indirect effects such as deforestation."<br>
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