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 <br>Climate change:  over chip fat biofuel<br>
 <br>21 April 2021<br>
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 <br>New research concerns the ecological effect of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
 <br>[Chip fat](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
 <br>But such is the need across Europe that imports now represent majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
 <br>According to the study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
 <br>With no testing of what's coming in, specialists believe it is likewise ripe for scams.<br>
 <br>Used cooking oil imports might improve logging<br>
 <br>Consumers pose 'growing [danger'](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) to tropical forests<br>
 <br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be one of the toughest difficulties for governments all over the world.<br>
 <br>They've encouraged making use of biofuels as an essential ways of suppressing carbon from [vehicles](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) and lorries.<br>
 <br>Biofuels are [typically](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) a blend of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
 <br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 indicates they cancel out the carbon produced when used in engines.<br>
 <br>Soy and palm oil were once widely used as components of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) however this practice has been extensively rejected due to the fact that it encourages [logging](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br>
 <br>So for the last decade approximately, the usage of utilized cooking oil has expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
 <br>[Chip fat](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) with a reliable industry emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the item.<br>
 <br>But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there merely isn't [sufficient chip](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) fat to walk around.<br>
 <br>According to a report from the [project](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the [UCO utilized](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in Europe is imported.<br>
 <br>Their study recommends this is highly problematic when it comes to effect on the environment.<br>
 <br>While UCO is thought about a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what people in these [countries](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) are replacing the UCO with, when it is [exported](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053).<br>
 <br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't available but the circulation of UCO is likely to be similar.<br>
 <br>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 alone.<br>
 <br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
 <br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have less used cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly using it for," stated Greg Archer with [Transport](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) & Environment.<br>
 <br>"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the cheapest oil offered.<br>
 <br>"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
 <br>Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
 <br>Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unethical traders are merely diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
 <br>As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no screening of the materials is carried out, some experts think fraud is swarming.<br>
 <br>The suggestion 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 schemes in place.<br>
 <br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has actually taken [pertinent actions](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) to [totally suppress](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
 <br>He says a new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.<br>
 <br>"The combination of [revised accreditation](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will make sure that no sustainability issues occur in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
 <br>Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming thought scams.<br>
 <br>The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and aviation seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next decade.<br>
 <br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of using 'phony' UCO, possibly resulting in indirect effects such as deforestation."<br>
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