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<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL)<br>
<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research questions the [environmental impact](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) of increasing imports of used [cooking oil](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
<br>But such is the demand throughout Europe that [imports](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) now account for majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
<br>According to the research study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
<br>Without any screening of what's can be found in, specialists think it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
<br>Used cooking oil imports may improve logging<br>
<br>Consumers present 'growing threat' to tropical forests<br>
<br>Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be among the most difficult difficulties for federal [governments](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) all over the world.<br>
<br>They have actually encouraged the usage of biofuels as an essential means of suppressing carbon from vehicles and lorries.<br>
<br>Biofuels are typically a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
<br>The fact that these crops can be and soak up more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon emitted when utilized in engines.<br>
<br>Soy and palm oil were when extensively used as elements of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) however this practice has been extensively challenged since it motivates [logging](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited).<br>
<br>So for the last decade or two, the usage of utilized cooking oil has actually [expanded enormously](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually become an essential component of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with an efficient industry [springing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) up across Europe to gather and process the item.<br>
<br>But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there simply isn't sufficient chip fat to go around.<br>
<br>According to a report from the [campaign](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br>
<br>Their research study recommends this is highly [problematic](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) when it concerns [influence](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) on the environment.<br>
<br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been [utilized](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) to feed animals. The report raises the question of what individuals in these nations are replacing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
<br>In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't readily available but the circulation of UCO is likely to be [comparable](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/).<br>
<br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of [utilized oil](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a [population](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) of 70 million individuals, managed to collect around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
<br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly using it for," [stated Greg](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
<br>"And they're just buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the most inexpensive oil readily available.<br>
<br>"So indirectly, we're just motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
<br>Because of need from Europe, the price of UCO is typically greater than palm oil. The concern is that some unscrupulous traders are simply diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
<br>As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the materials is brought out, some specialists think fraud is swarming.<br>
<br>The recommendation of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation schemes in place.<br>
<br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has actually taken pertinent actions to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
<br>He states a new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br>
<br>"The combination of modified accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability problems occur in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
<br>Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be efficient in stemming suspected fraud.<br>
<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.<br>
<br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and risks of using 'fake' UCO, potentially leading to indirect impacts such as deforestation."<br>
<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
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