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[Climate](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608)
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New research questions the ecological impact of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
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Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) it saves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) oil.
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But such is the need across Europe that imports now [represent](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) more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the research study, external, there's no method to prove these imports are [sustainable](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).
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Without any testing of what's coming in, [specialists](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) think it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports may increase logging
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Consumers present 'growing threat' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is proving to be among the toughest difficulties for governments all over the world.
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They have actually encouraged the use of [biofuels](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) as an essential means of suppressing carbon from cars and lorries.
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Biofuels are generally a blend of [fossil fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price).
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The truth that these crops can be [re-grown](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and soak up more CO2 means they counteract the carbon emitted when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when extensively utilized as elements of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) but this practice has been widely rejected because it motivates logging.
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So for the last years or two, making use of used cooking oil has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have ended up being an [essential component](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) with a reliable market emerging across Europe to collect and process the item.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there simply 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 recommends this is highly troublesome when it concerns influence on the environment.
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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](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile). The report raises the question of what people in these countries 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. Figures for their exports to other European nations [aren't offered](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) but the flow of UCO is most 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 alone.
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By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the things that they were formerly utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil offered.
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"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently greater than palm oil. The concern is that some deceitful traders are just watering down shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the products is carried out, some experts believe fraud is swarming.
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The idea of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation plans in location.
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"It is [commonly understood](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) that the European Commission has actually taken pertinent steps to totally curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He states a brand-new database being established by the EU will ensure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.
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"The combination of modified certification [schemes](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and the pan-EU track and will guarantee 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 concerned that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming presumed scams.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel seeking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next decade.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and risks of using 'phony' UCO, potentially leading to indirect impacts such as logging."
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