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Climate change: 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 study concerns the [environmental impact](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of increasing imports of used 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 utilized to make [biodiesel](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) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the need throughout 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 chance to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no screening of what's coming in, specialists believe it is also ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports might improve deforestation
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Consumers present 'growing risk' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from [transport](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) is [proving](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to be one of the toughest difficulties for [governments](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) all over the world.
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They have actually motivated making use of biofuels as an important ways of suppressing carbon from vehicles and lorries.
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Biofuels are typically a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html).
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The fact that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 indicates they cancel out the carbon discharged when utilized in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when widely used as components of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) but this practice has been widely discredited since it motivates logging.
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So for the last years approximately, the usage of used cooking oil has expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have actually become an essential part of biodiesel with an efficient industry emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the product.
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But with the [quantity](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of [biodiesel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there just isn't enough [chip fat](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to walk around.
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According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their research study recommends this is extremely problematic when it concerns influence on the environment.
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While UCO is thought about a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been utilized to [feed animals](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd). The report raises the concern of what individuals in these nations are replacing the UCO with, when it is [exported](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/).
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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 nations](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) aren't readily available however the circulation of UCO is likely to be comparable.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of utilized oil that's gathered 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](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have less utilized cooking oil to use on the important things that they were previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil readily available.
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"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The concern is that some unscrupulous traders are merely watering down shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the materials is brought out, some specialists believe scams is rife.
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The suggestion of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification schemes in place.
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"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has taken [relevant actions](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to entirely suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a new database being established by the EU will ensure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.
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"The mix of revised certification plans and the [pan-EU track](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and trace database will make sure that no develop in the entire biofuels and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) chain," he told BBC News.
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Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming suspected scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) levels would increase these concerns, and threats of utilizing 'phony' UCO, potentially leading to [indirect effects](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) such as deforestation."
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