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[Climate](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/)
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21 April 2021
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New research study 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://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) it conserves carbon emissions by [displacing fossil](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) oil.
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But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now represent majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the research study, external, there's no method to prove these imports are sustainable.
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Without any screening of what's being available in, [experts](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) believe it is likewise ripe for scams.
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Used cooking oil imports may improve logging
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Consumers position to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be among the hardest difficulties for federal governments all over the world.
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They have actually [motivated](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) the usage of biofuels as an important ways of suppressing carbon from automobiles and trucks.
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[Biofuels](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) are usually a mix of [nonrenewable fuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) source and oil made from plants or [veggies](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb).
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The reality that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 indicates they cancel out the carbon released when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were once commonly used 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 commonly challenged because it encourages logging.
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So for the last years or so, the usage of utilized cooking oil has expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have ended up being an essential element of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) with a reliable industry emerging across Europe to gather and process the [product](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).
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But with the amount of [biodiesel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there simply isn't sufficient chip fat to go around.
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According to a report from the campaign group [Transport](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their research study suggests this is extremely troublesome when it pertains to [influence](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) on the environment.
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While UCO is thought about a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what people in these [countries](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't readily available but the flow of UCO is most likely to be comparable.
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With a [population](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of [utilized oil](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is mostly palm oil, because that's the most inexpensive oil offered.
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"So indirectly, we're just motivating more logging in [Southeast Asia](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86)."
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Another major issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some deceitful traders are merely watering down shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of different types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the materials is carried out, some experts believe fraud is swarming.
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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.
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"It is commonly understood that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate steps to entirely suppress unsound [market practices](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) 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.
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He says a new database being developed by the EU will guarantee that trading, certification and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.
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"The mix of modified certification schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability issues 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 concept, which was first mooted in 2018, may not be efficient in stemming believed fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment explains that with shipping and air travel looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO could double over the next decade.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and risks of using 'fake' UCO, possibly causing indirect effects such as logging."
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