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 <br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048)<br>
 <br>21 April 2021<br>
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 <br>New research [questions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) the [environmental](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) effect of increasing imports of used cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
 <br>But such is the need across Europe that imports now [represent majority](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
 <br>According to the study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
 <br>With no screening of what's coming in, specialists believe it is also ripe for scams.<br>
 <br>Used cooking oil imports might boost deforestation<br>
 <br>Consumers pose 'growing hazard' to [tropical](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) forests<br>
 <br>Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be among the toughest difficulties for federal governments all over the world.<br>
 <br>They've motivated the usage of biofuels as an important means of suppressing carbon from vehicles and trucks.<br>
 <br>Biofuels are usually a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
 <br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 indicates they counteract the [carbon discharged](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) when used in engines.<br>
 <br>Soy and palm oil were as soon as 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 rejected because it motivates deforestation.<br>
 <br>So for the last decade or two, using [utilized cooking](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) oil has actually broadened enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
 <br>[Chip fat](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial component of  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 throughout 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 merely isn't [sufficient](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) chip fat to walk around.<br>
 <br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
 <br>Their research study suggests this is extremely problematic when it comes to impacts on the environment.<br>
 <br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, [Indonesia](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and Malaysia it has long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the question of what individuals in these countries are [changing](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
 <br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other [European countries](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) aren't offered but the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.<br>
 <br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
 <br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
 <br>"Because we are buying 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.<br>
 <br>"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the most inexpensive oil available.<br>
 <br>"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
 <br>Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
 <br>Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The concern is that some deceitful traders are simply diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
 <br>As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no testing of the materials is brought out, some experts believe fraud is rife.<br>
 <br>The idea of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification schemes in place.<br>
 <br>"It is commonly known that the European Commission has taken relevant steps to totally suppress unsound market [practices](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) in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
 <br>He says a brand-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 mix of modified certification plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability problems develop in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
 <br>Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming presumed scams.<br>
 <br>The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and aviation aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next decade.<br>
 <br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and [threats](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) of [utilizing 'phony'](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) UCO, possibly leading to indirect effects such as logging."<br>
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