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Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm)
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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 and other oils are considered waste, so when they are utilized to make biodiesel it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the need across Europe that imports now [represent](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no testing of what's coming in, professionals think it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports might boost deforestation
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Consumers position 'growing risk' to [tropical](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) forests
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They've motivated making use of biofuels as a crucial means of curbing carbon from vehicles and lorries.
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Biofuels are normally a blend of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html).
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The truth that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 implies they counteract the [carbon released](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were as soon as widely used as components of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) however this practice has been widely challenged due to the fact that it [motivates deforestation](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US).
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So for the last years or so, making use of used cooking oil has expanded enormously as an [alternative feedstock](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have actually become a key element of biodiesel with an efficient market emerging throughout Europe to collect and [process](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) the item.
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But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there simply isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO used in Europe is [imported](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL).
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Their research study suggests this is extremely bothersome when it concerns 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 utilized to feed animals. The report raises the question of what [individuals](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) in these nations are replacing 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.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048). Figures for their [exports](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to other European nations aren't offered however the flow of UCO is most 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 collected and [exported](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were previously utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the most inexpensive oil readily available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more deforestation in [Southeast Asia](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price)."
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Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The worry is that some deceitful traders are just diluting 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 products is performed, some specialists think fraud is rife.
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The recommendation of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust accreditation schemes in location.
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"It is commonly known that the European Commission has taken appropriate actions to totally suppress [market practices](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) 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.
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He says a brand-new database being established by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.
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"The mix of modified accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability concerns arise in the whole 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 very first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming believed scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and dangers of utilizing 'phony' UCO, possibly causing [indirect effects](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) such as logging."
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