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modification: [Growing doubts](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048)
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21 April 2021
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New research concerns the ecological effect of increasing imports of [utilized cooking](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) 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 saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the demand across Europe that imports now represent majority of the UCO that's made into fuel.
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According to the 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 also ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports may increase deforestation
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Consumers position 'growing danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be one of the hardest challenges for federal governments all over the world.
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They have actually [motivated](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) making use of biofuels as an essential means of curbing carbon from automobiles and lorries.
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Biofuels are typically a blend of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or vegetables.
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The truth that these crops can be [re-grown](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) and absorb more CO2 suggests they counteract the carbon released when utilized in [engines](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).
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Soy and palm oil were when [extensively](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) used as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) however this practice has actually been widely rejected because it motivates logging.
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So for the last years approximately, making use of used cooking oil has expanded enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other waste oils have become a [crucial component](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) of [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) with an efficient market springing up throughout Europe to gather and process the item.
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But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year given that 2014, there just isn't [sufficient chip](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
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Their research study suggests this is highly troublesome when it concerns effects on the environment.
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While UCO is considered 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 individuals in these nations 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 nations aren't available however the [circulation](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) of UCO is likely to be similar.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of utilized oil that's gathered and [exported](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to the UK and [Ireland](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less used cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were formerly utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
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"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is mainly palm oil, since that's the most inexpensive oil readily available.
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"So indirectly, we're just motivating more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
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Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is typically greater than palm oil. The worry is that some dishonest traders are just watering down shipments of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are blended in bulk for transport, and no screening of the products is carried out, some professionals think fraud is swarming.
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The recommendation of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is declined by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification plans in location.
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"It is extensively known that the [European Commission](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) has taken relevant [actions](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to completely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He states a new database being established by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will have to be registered.
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"The mix of modified accreditation [schemes](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure 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 concept, which was first mooted in 2018, may not be reliable in stemming thought fraud.
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The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and aviation looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next years.
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"Rising the need beyond [sustainable supply](https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/51278-86) levels would increase these issues, and threats of using 'phony' UCO, potentially causing indirect impacts such as deforestation."
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