Add Climate Change: Growing Doubts Over Chip Fat Biofuel
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<br>[Climate](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) modification: 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 environmental impact of increasing imports of used [cooking](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 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 used to make biodiesel it saves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) oil.<br>
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<br>But such is the need across Europe that imports now [represent](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
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<br>According to the research study, external, there's no other way to prove these imports are sustainable.<br>
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<br>Without any [screening](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) of what's can be found in, [experts](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) think it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
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<br>Used cooking oil imports might enhance deforestation<br>
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<br> present 'growing danger' to tropical forests<br>
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<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be among the [hardest obstacles](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) for federal governments all over the world.<br>
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<br>They've encouraged using biofuels as a crucial ways of curbing carbon from automobiles and trucks.<br>
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<br>Biofuels are normally a blend of [nonrenewable fuel](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) source and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
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<br>The truth that these crops can be [re-grown](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) and soak up more CO2 suggests they cancel out the carbon released when used in engines.<br>
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<br>Soy and palm oil were as soon as commonly utilized as components of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) however this practice has actually been widely discredited due to the fact that it motivates deforestation.<br>
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<br>So for the last years approximately, the usage of utilized cooking oil has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
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<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have ended up being a crucial element of [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) with an effective industry emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the product.<br>
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<br>But with the quantity of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given 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](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) group [Transport](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
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<br>Their research study suggests this is highly [bothersome](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) when it concerns effect on the [environment](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).<br>
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<br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the [question](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) of what people in these nations are replacing the UCO with, when it is [exported](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy).<br>
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<br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't offered but the circulation of UCO is most likely to be similar.<br>
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<br>With a population 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, handled to collect 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 use on the important things that they were previously utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
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<br>"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mostly palm oil, since that's the most affordable oil readily available.<br>
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<br>"So indirectly, we're just motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
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<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
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<br>Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is typically higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are simply diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br>
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<br>As oils of different types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the materials is carried out, some specialists think fraud is swarming.<br>
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<br>The recommendation 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 plans in location.<br>
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<br>"It is extensively understood that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate steps to completely suppress unsound market [practices](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) 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>
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<br>He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.<br>
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<br>"The mix of modified accreditation schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability issues emerge in the whole biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
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<br>Others in the field are concerned that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, may not be reliable in stemming presumed scams.<br>
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<br>The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and air travel aiming to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.<br>
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<br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and dangers of utilizing 'phony' UCO, potentially leading to indirect effects such as logging."<br>
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<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
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