Add Climate Change: Growing Doubts Over Chip Fat Biofuel
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<br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy)<br>
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<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research study questions the environmental 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 considered waste, so when they are utilized to make [biodiesel](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
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<br>But such is the demand across Europe that imports now [represent](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
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<br>According to the study, external, there's no chance to show these imports are sustainable.<br>
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<br>With no testing of what's being available in, specialists believe it is likewise ripe for scams.<br>
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<br>Used cooking oil imports may increase logging<br>
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<br>Consumers posture 'growing hazard' to tropical forests<br>
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<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be among the most difficult obstacles for all over the world.<br>
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<br>They've encouraged using biofuels as an important ways of suppressing carbon from cars and trucks and trucks.<br>
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<br>Biofuels are typically a mix of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
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<br>The [reality](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 means they counteract the carbon released when used in engines.<br>
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<br>Soy and palm oil were as soon as widely utilized as [components](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) of [biodiesel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) but this practice has been extensively rejected because it encourages logging.<br>
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<br>So for the last decade or so, making use of used cooking oil has expanded massively as an [alternative feedstock](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) for fuel.<br>
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<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with an efficient market emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the item.<br>
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<br>But with the quantity of [biodiesel](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) made from [UCO increasing](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there just isn't enough chip fat to go around.<br>
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<br>According to a report from the campaign group [Transport](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) & Environment, external, over half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br>
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<br>Their study suggests this is highly problematic when it pertains to effect on the environment.<br>
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<br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been utilized to [feed animals](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US). The report raises the [question](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) of what people in these countries are replacing 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](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) for their exports to other European countries aren't [offered](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) but the flow of UCO is likely to be [comparable](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889).<br>
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<br>With a [population](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) 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 comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to collect around five 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 previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
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<br>"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil offered.<br>
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<br>"So indirectly, we're just motivating more logging in [Southeast Asia](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608)."<br>
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<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
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<br>Because of need from Europe, the price of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The concern is that some dishonest traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
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<br>As oils of different types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no testing of the products is brought out, some experts believe scams is swarming.<br>
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<br>The tip of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification schemes in place.<br>
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<br>"It is extensively known that the European Commission has taken appropriate actions to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](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) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
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<br>He says a brand-new database being established by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br>
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<br>"The combination of modified accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will guarantee that no [sustainability issues](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) arise in the whole biofuels and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
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<br>Others in the field are worried that the database concept, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not be reliable in stemming suspected scams.<br>
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<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and aviation looking to decarbonise by using biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next decade.<br>
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<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and risks of using 'fake' UCO, possibly causing indirect effects such as deforestation."<br>
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<br>Related topics<br>
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<br>COP26<br>
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<br>Paris environment contract<br>
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<br>Climate<br>
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