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 <br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)<br>
 <br>21 April 2021<br>
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 <br>New research concerns the ecological effect of rising imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
 <br>But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now represent majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
 <br>According to the study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
 <br>With no screening of what's coming in, [experts](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) believe it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
 <br>Used cooking oil imports may increase logging<br>
 <br>Consumers posture 'growing risk' to tropical forests<br>
 <br>[Reducing emissions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) from transport is proving to be one of the hardest obstacles for governments all over the world.<br>
 <br>They have actually [motivated](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) making use of biofuels as an important ways of suppressing carbon from cars and trucks and trucks.<br>
 <br>Biofuels are usually a blend of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
 <br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon given off when utilized in engines.<br>
 <br>Soy and palm oil were as soon as extensively used as elements of [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) however this practice has actually been widely [discredited](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) since it motivates logging.<br>
 <br>So for the last years approximately, making use of used cooking oil has [expanded enormously](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being an essential element of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with a reliable industry springing 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 since 2014, there merely isn't adequate chip fat to go around.<br>
 <br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
 <br>Their research study suggests this is [extremely](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) problematic when it [concerns effects](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) on the [environment](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>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 countries are replacing 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 countries aren't readily available however the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.<br>
 <br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of utilized oil that's collected and [exported](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to the UK and [Ireland](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) alone.<br>
 <br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, [handled](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
 <br>"Because we are buying it, they have less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
 <br>"And they're simply buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil readily available.<br>
 <br>"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
 <br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
 <br>Because of demand from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The concern is that some dishonest traders are merely diluting 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 performed, some experts think scams is rife.<br>
 <br>The tip of fraud 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 place.<br>
 <br>"It is [extensively](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) known that the European Commission has taken pertinent actions to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
 <br>He states a new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.<br>
 <br>"The mix of modified accreditation plans and the  and trace database will ensure that no sustainability issues develop in the entire [biofuels](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
 <br>Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming suspected fraud.<br>
 <br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and aviation aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next decade.<br>
 <br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and [threats](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of using 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as deforestation."<br>
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