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Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy)
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21 April 2021
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New research questions the ecological impact of rising imports of [utilized cooking](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand across Europe that imports now represent over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no chance to show these imports are sustainable.
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With no screening of what's can be found in, [professionals](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) believe it is also ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports might boost deforestation
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Consumers posture 'growing danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be among the most difficult difficulties for governments all over the world.
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They have actually encouraged making use of biofuels as a crucial means of curbing carbon from vehicles and lorries.
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Biofuels are normally a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).
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The truth that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 implies they counteract the carbon emitted when utilized in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when widely used as components of [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) but this practice has been widely challenged because it .
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So for the last years or two, using used cooking oil has actually [expanded](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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[Chip fat](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and other waste oils have ended up being a key part of [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) with an efficient industry [emerging](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) across Europe to collect and process the product.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) made from [UCO increasing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) by around 40% every year since 2014, there merely isn't adequate chip 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 suggests this is extremely troublesome when it pertains to effect on the environment.
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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](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) the [question](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of what people in these nations 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](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd). Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't [offered](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) however the [circulation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 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 used oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a [population](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) of 70 million people, [handled](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less used cooking oil to utilize on the things that they were previously utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is largely palm oil, since that's the most affordable oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unethical traders are just diluting shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of different types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the products is performed, some specialists believe scams is rife.
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The idea of scams 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 known that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate actions to completely suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 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, accreditation and sustainability data 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 and trace database will [guarantee](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) that no sustainability issues arise 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 presumed fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and aviation seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and risks of using 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as deforestation."
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