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Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy)
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21 April 2021
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New research questions the environmental effect 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 it saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand 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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Without any screening of what's being available in, specialists believe it is also ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports might increase deforestation
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Consumers pose 'growing threat' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transportation is [proving](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) to be one of the most difficult obstacles for governments all over the world.
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They have actually motivated using biofuels as an important methods of suppressing carbon from cars and lorries.
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Biofuels are [typically](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The fact that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 suggests they counteract the carbon emitted when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were as soon as widely utilized as components of biodiesel however this practice has been commonly rejected since it motivates deforestation.
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So for the last decade approximately, using used cooking oil has broadened massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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[Chip fat](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) and other waste oils have ended up being a crucial part of biodiesel with an efficient market springing up across Europe to collect and process the item.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there merely isn't sufficient chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their study recommends this is extremely problematic when it concerns influence 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 long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the question of what people in these countries are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European countries aren't available however the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of utilized oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less used cooking oil to use on the things that they were previously utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're just motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."
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Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of need from Europe, the rate of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some unscrupulous traders are merely diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the products is performed, some experts think fraud is rife.
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The tip of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust accreditation schemes in place.
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"It is commonly known that the European Commission has taken pertinent actions to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.
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"The mix of revised certification plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will make sure that no sustainability issues develop in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.
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Others in the field are concerned that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not be reliable in stemming believed fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.
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"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these issues, and dangers of using 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as logging."
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