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Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html)
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21 April 2021
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New research study questions the environmental impact of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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[Chip fat](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) it saves 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 study, external, there's no other way to show these imports are sustainable.
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Without any testing of what's coming in, [experts](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) believe it is likewise ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports might boost logging
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Consumers position 'growing danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be one of the most difficult challenges for federal governments all over the world.
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They have actually motivated the use of biofuels as a crucial ways of suppressing carbon from cars and trucks and trucks.
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[Biofuels](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) are usually a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The reality that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 suggests they cancel out the carbon discharged when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when widely used as elements of biodiesel but this practice has actually been commonly discredited since it motivates deforestation.
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So for the last decade or two, making use of utilized cooking oil has actually broadened enormously as an [alternative](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) [feedstock](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) for fuel.
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But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) made from [UCO increasing](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there simply isn't [sufficient chip](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) fat to go around.
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According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their study recommends this is extremely troublesome when it concerns impacts on the [environment](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).
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While UCO is considered a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what individuals in these countries are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and . Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't readily available but the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.
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With a [population](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's collected and exported to the UK and [Ireland](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil offered.
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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 fraud.
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Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The worry is that some unethical traders are simply watering down shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transport, and no screening of the materials is brought out, some professionals believe scams is rife.
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The suggestion of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation plans in place.
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"It is extensively known that the European Commission has taken [pertinent actions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) to completely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He states a brand-new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.
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"The [combination](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of modified accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability problems occur in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed 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 thought scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel wanting to decarbonise by using biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next decade.
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"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) levels would increase these issues, and dangers of using 'fake' UCO, potentially resulting in indirect impacts such as deforestation."
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