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Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html)
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21 April 2021
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New research questions the environmental impact of increasing imports of used [cooking](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) it saves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) oil.
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But such is the demand across Europe that imports now account for majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the research study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.
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Without any testing of what's can be found in, specialists believe it is likewise ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports may increase logging
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Consumers position 'growing danger' to [tropical](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) forests
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They have actually motivated using biofuels as an essential ways of [suppressing carbon](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) from automobiles and lorries.
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Biofuels are typically a mix of [fossil fuel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The truth that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 means they counteract the carbon given off when utilized in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were as soon as extensively utilized as components of biodiesel however this practice has been commonly challenged because it motivates logging.
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So for the last years or so, using utilized cooking oil has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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[Chip fat](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) and other waste oils have become a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with an effective industry emerging across Europe to collect and process the product.
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But with the quantity of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there simply isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the [UCO utilized](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) in Europe is imported.
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Their research study recommends this is highly [bothersome](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) when it pertains to effect on the [environment](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).
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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 people in these [nations](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) 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](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [aren't offered](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) but the flow of UCO is most likely to be comparable.
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With a [population](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of used oil that's and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, 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 things that they were previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil offered.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of demand from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The concern is that some unethical traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no screening of the materials is performed, some experts believe fraud is rife.
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The suggestion of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification plans in location.
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"It is extensively known that the European Commission has taken relevant actions to completely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He states a new database being established by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.
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"The combination of revised accreditation schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no [sustainability issues](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) arise in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.
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Others in the field are worried that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming suspected scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next decade.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of using 'fake' UCO, possibly causing indirect effects such as deforestation."
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