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Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price)
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21 April 2021
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New research study concerns the ecological impact of increasing imports of used cooking 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.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now account for majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no way to show these imports are sustainable.
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With no testing of what's can be found in, think it is likewise ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports may enhance logging
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Consumers pose 'growing risk' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from [transportation](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) is proving to be one of the most difficult difficulties for federal governments all over the world.
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The fact that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 suggests they counteract the carbon given off when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were once commonly used as elements of [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) however this [practice](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) has been commonly discredited due to the fact that it encourages deforestation.
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So for the last years or two, using utilized cooking oil has actually expanded enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have become a crucial component of [biodiesel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) with a reliable market springing up throughout Europe to collect and process the product.
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But with the [quantity](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there simply isn't sufficient chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their study recommends this is extremely troublesome 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 actually long been utilized to [feed animals](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608). The report raises the concern of what people in these countries 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](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) to other European countries aren't available however the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.
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With a [population](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) 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, [managed](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were previously utilizing 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 mostly palm oil, since that's the most affordable oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of need from Europe, the price of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The concern is that some unethical traders are just diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the materials is brought out, some specialists think scams is swarming.
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The suggestion of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification schemes in place.
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"It is widely understood that the European Commission has actually taken [pertinent steps](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to [totally](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) 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 says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.
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"The mix of modified certification [schemes](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability issues emerge in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming presumed fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel wanting to decarbonise by using biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next decade.
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"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of utilizing 'fake' UCO, potentially leading to indirect impacts such as [deforestation](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)."
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