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<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL)<br> |
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<br>21 April 2021<br> |
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<br>New research questions the ecological impact of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br> |
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<br>Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br> |
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<br>But such is the demand across Europe that imports now represent majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br> |
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<br>According to the study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.<br> |
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<br>With no testing of what's can be found in, [specialists](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) think it is also ripe for scams.<br> |
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<br>Used cooking oil imports may improve deforestation<br> |
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<br>Consumers pose 'growing hazard' to [tropical](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) forests<br> |
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<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be one of the most difficult challenges for governments all over the world.<br> |
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<br>They've motivated using biofuels as an important methods of suppressing carbon from cars and trucks and [lorries](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).<br> |
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<br>[Biofuels](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) are usually a mix of [fossil fuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br> |
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<br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon discharged when used in engines.<br> |
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<br>Soy and [palm oil](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) were once commonly used as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) however this practice has actually been widely rejected because it [motivates logging](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br> |
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<br>So for the last decade or so, using oil has actually [broadened enormously](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br> |
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<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have ended up being a crucial component of [biodiesel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) with a reliable industry emerging throughout Europe to gather and process the item.<br> |
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<br>But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year since 2014, there merely isn't sufficient chip fat to walk around.<br> |
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<br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br> |
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<br>Their study recommends this is highly problematic when it comes to impacts on the environment.<br> |
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<br>While UCO is thought about 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 people in these countries are [replacing](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) the UCO with, when it is exported.<br> |
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<br>In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't offered but the flow of UCO is most likely to be similar.<br> |
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<br>With a [population](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of used oil that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br> |
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<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, managed to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br> |
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<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 Archer with Transport & [Environment](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).<br> |
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<br>"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil offered.<br> |
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<br>"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."<br> |
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<br>Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br> |
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<br>Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some deceitful traders are just diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br> |
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<br>As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the materials is carried out, some experts believe fraud is rife.<br> |
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<br>The idea 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 plans in location.<br> |
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<br>"It is widely known that the European Commission has actually taken pertinent steps to totally [suppress unsound](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) [market practices](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br> |
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<br>He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will make sure that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br> |
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<br>"The combination of [modified accreditation](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability problems emerge in the entire [biofuels](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br> |
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<br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming believed scams.<br> |
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<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and aviation looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.<br> |
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<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and risks of utilizing 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as logging."<br> |
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<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br> |
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<br>Related subjects<br> |
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<br>COP26<br> |
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<br>Paris climate arrangement<br> |
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<br>Climate<br> |
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