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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 study questions the environmental effect of increasing imports of used  (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
 <br>[Chip fat](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and other oils are considered waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
 <br>But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now represent more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
 <br>According to the study, external, there's no way to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
 <br>With no testing of what's can be found in, professionals think it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
 <br>Used cooking oil imports might enhance logging<br>
 <br>Consumers position 'growing danger' to tropical forests<br>
 <br>Reducing emissions from transportation is [proving](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to be among the [toughest obstacles](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) for [federal](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) governments all over the world.<br>
 <br>They have actually motivated using biofuels as a crucial methods of curbing carbon from cars and trucks and lorries.<br>
 <br>Biofuels are typically a blend of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or veggies.<br>
 <br>The reality that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 means they counteract the [carbon released](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) when utilized in engines.<br>
 <br>Soy and [palm oil](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) were as soon as widely used as [components](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of [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) but this practice has been commonly challenged due to the fact that it motivates logging.<br>
 <br>So for the last decade approximately, making use of used cooking oil has broadened massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other waste oils have become a crucial component of biodiesel with an efficient industry [emerging](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) throughout Europe to gather and process the item.<br>
 <br>But with the [quantity](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) of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there merely isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.<br>
 <br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, [majority](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br>
 <br>Their study suggests this is highly problematic when it pertains 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 actually long been [utilized](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what people in these nations are replacing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
 <br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't readily available however the circulation of UCO is most likely to be comparable.<br>
 <br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of used oil that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
 <br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
 <br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to use on the important things that they were formerly using it for," said Greg Archer with [Transport](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) & Environment.<br>
 <br>"And they're just buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil offered.<br>
 <br>"So indirectly, we're just motivating more deforestation in Southeast Asia."<br>
 <br>Another significant issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
 <br>Because of need from Europe, the price of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
 <br>As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transport, and no screening of the products is brought out, some professionals believe fraud is rife.<br>
 <br>The recommendation 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 plans in place.<br>
 <br>"It is extensively known that the [European Commission](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) has taken appropriate steps to completely [suppress unsound](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) market practices in [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
 <br>He states a new database being established by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.<br>
 <br>"The combination of revised certification schemes and the [pan-EU track](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and trace database will make sure that no sustainability [concerns develop](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
 <br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be effective in stemming thought fraud.<br>
 <br>The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and aviation wanting to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.<br>
 <br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and risks of using 'phony' UCO, potentially leading to indirect impacts such as deforestation."<br>
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