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 <br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL)<br>
 <br>21 April 2021<br>
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 <br>New research study concerns the ecological effect of rising imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make biodiesel it  emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
 <br>But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now represent majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
 <br>According to the research study, external, there's no way to show these imports are sustainable.<br>
 <br>With no screening of what's being available in, experts believe it is likewise ripe for fraud.<br>
 <br>Used cooking oil imports might enhance logging<br>
 <br>Consumers pose ['growing hazard'](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) to tropical forests<br>
 <br>Reducing emissions from [transportation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) is proving to be among the [toughest challenges](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) for federal governments all over the world.<br>
 <br>They have actually motivated using [biofuels](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) as an important methods of [curbing carbon](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) from cars and trucks and trucks.<br>
 <br>Biofuels are generally a blend of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
 <br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 implies they counteract the carbon given off when used in engines.<br>
 <br>Soy and palm oil were when commonly used as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) but this practice has actually been commonly rejected since it encourages deforestation.<br>
 <br>So for the last decade or so, the usage of used cooking oil has broadened enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other waste oils have become a crucial part of biodiesel with an [effective industry](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) [springing](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) up across Europe to gather and process the item.<br>
 <br>But with the quantity 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 given that 2014, there simply isn't sufficient chip fat to go around.<br>
 <br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the [UCO utilized](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) in Europe is imported.<br>
 <br>Their research [study suggests](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) this is extremely problematic when it concerns effects on the environment.<br>
 <br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what [individuals](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in these countries are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
 <br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other [European nations](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) [aren't offered](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) but the flow of UCO is most likely to be comparable.<br>
 <br>With a [population](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of utilized oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
 <br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
 <br>"Because we are buying it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were previously using it for," stated Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
 <br>"And they're just buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil offered.<br>
 <br>"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
 <br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
 <br>Because of demand from Europe, the cost of UCO is typically greater than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are merely diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
 <br>As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the products is performed, some experts think scams is rife.<br>
 <br>The recommendation of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification plans in place.<br>
 <br>"It is widely understood that the European Commission has actually taken relevant steps to entirely suppress unsound market [practices](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) in [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
 <br>He states a brand-new database being developed by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be signed up.<br>
 <br>"The combination of revised accreditation schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no [sustainability issues](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) occur in the entire [biofuels](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
 <br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not be effective in stemming thought fraud.<br>
 <br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next years.<br>
 <br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and threats of using 'phony' UCO, potentially causing indirect effects such as deforestation."<br>
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