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Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd)
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21 April 2021
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New research questions the environmental impact of rising imports of utilized 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 conserves carbon emissions by oil.
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But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now account for majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the research study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.
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With no testing of what's can be found in, experts think it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports might increase deforestation
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Consumers posture 'growing danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from [transportation](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) is proving to be among the hardest obstacles for federal governments all over the world.
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They have actually motivated using biofuels as an essential methods of suppressing carbon from automobiles and lorries.
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Biofuels are usually a mix of [nonrenewable fuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) source and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The truth that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 means they counteract the carbon given off when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when widely utilized as components of [biodiesel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) but this practice has been extensively challenged because it motivates deforestation.
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So for the last decade or two, making use of used [cooking oil](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) with a reliable market emerging across Europe to collect and process the item.
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But with the amount of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year since 2014, there just isn't sufficient chip fat to go around.
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According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, over half of the [UCO utilized](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) in Europe is imported.
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Their [study suggests](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) this is highly bothersome when it pertains to influence on the environment.
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While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, [Indonesia](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what individuals in these nations are replacing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't available however the circulation of UCO is most likely to be similar.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's [gathered](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and exported to the UK and [Ireland](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) alone.
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By contrast, Thailand, which has a [population](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) of 70 million people, [handled](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have actually less used cooking oil to use on the things that they were previously utilizing it for," [stated Greg](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just buying more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unethical traders are just diluting shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transport, and no testing of the products is performed, some professionals believe scams is rife.
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The suggestion 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 certification schemes in place.
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"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has taken appropriate actions to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be registered.
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"The mix of revised certification schemes and the [pan-EU track](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and trace database will guarantee that no sustainability problems arise in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.
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Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming presumed fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and threats of [utilizing 'fake'](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) UCO, possibly [causing indirect](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) impacts such as [logging](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)."
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