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Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](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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21 April 2021
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New research study questions the environmental impact of increasing imports of utilized 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.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now [represent majority](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no method to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no testing of what's being available in, specialists believe it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports might enhance logging
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Consumers present 'growing danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be among the toughest challenges for federal governments all over the world.
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They've motivated the use of biofuels as an essential methods of curbing carbon from cars and trucks and lorries.
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Biofuels are [typically](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) a blend of [fossil fuel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and oil made from plants or veggies.
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The reality that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 suggests they counteract the carbon discharged when utilized in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were once extensively utilized as components of [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) however this practice has been widely [discredited](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) since it motivates logging.
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So for the last decade approximately, using utilized cooking oil has broadened enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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[Chip fat](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and other waste oils have actually become a key element of [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) with an [efficient](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) market springing up throughout Europe to collect and process the product.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there simply isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the [project](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their research [study suggests](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) this is extremely troublesome when it pertains to influence on the environment.
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While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the [question](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) of what individuals in these nations are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) 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 offered but the flow of UCO is likely to be comparable.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of utilized oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and [Ireland](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have less used cooking oil to use on the important things that they were previously using it for," said [Greg Archer](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the cheapest oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the price of UCO is typically higher than palm oil. The worry is that some deceitful traders are just 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 products is performed, some specialists think fraud is rife.
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The tip of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification schemes in place.
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"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has actually taken pertinent steps to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a new database being established by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be signed up.
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"The combination of revised accreditation schemes and the [pan-EU track](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability problems arise in the entire biofuels and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) chain," he told BBC News.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, may not be efficient in stemming suspected fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next decade.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and dangers of utilizing 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as ."
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Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.
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