Add Climate Change: Growing Doubts Over Chip Fat Biofuel
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<br>Climate modification: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/)<br>
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<br>21 April 2021<br>
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<br>New research concerns the environmental effect of increasing imports of [utilized cooking](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
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<br>Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
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<br>But such is the demand throughout 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 testing of what's being available in, specialists think it is likewise ripe for fraud.<br>
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<br>Used cooking oil imports may increase deforestation<br>
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<br>Consumers pose 'growing threat' to tropical forests<br>
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<br>Reducing emissions from [transportation](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) is showing to be among the most difficult challenges for federal governments all over the world.<br>
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<br>They have actually motivated making use of biofuels as an essential methods of curbing carbon from vehicles and trucks.<br>
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<br>[Biofuels](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) are [typically](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) a blend 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 vegetables.<br>
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<br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 [implies](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) they cancel out the carbon produced when used in engines.<br>
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<br>Soy and palm oil were when commonly used as components of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) but this practice has actually been [extensively rejected](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) since it motivates deforestation.<br>
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<br>So for the last decade or so, making use of utilized cooking oil has actually broadened enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
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<br>[Chip fat](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) and other waste oils have become an essential component of biodiesel with an [effective industry](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) emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the product.<br>
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<br>But with the quantity of [biodiesel](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there simply isn't adequate chip fat to go around.<br>
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<br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, majority of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br>
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<br>Their study recommends this is highly bothersome when it comes to effects on the [environment](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy).<br>
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<br>While UCO is thought about a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been utilized to . The report raises the concern of what individuals in these countries are [changing](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) 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 for their exports to other European countries aren't readily available however the flow of UCO is most likely to be comparable.<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](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
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<br>"Because we are buying it, they have less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were formerly utilizing it for," stated Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
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<br>"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil offered.<br>
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<br>"So indirectly, we're just encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
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<br>Another significant issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
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<br>Because of need from Europe, the rate of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The concern is that some unethical traders are simply watering down shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
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<br>As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no screening of the products is carried out, some professionals think fraud is rife.<br>
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<br>The suggestion 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 widely understood that the European Commission has actually taken [pertinent](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) steps to totally curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
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<br>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 signed up.<br>
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<br>"The mix of [revised accreditation](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) plans and the pan-EU track and trace database will make sure that no sustainability issues occur in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
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<br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming thought scams.<br>
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<br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and aviation wanting to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next years.<br>
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<br>"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) levels would increase these issues, and dangers of using 'fake' UCO, possibly causing indirect impacts such as logging."<br>
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<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
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<br>Related topics<br>
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<br>COP26<br>
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<br>Paris climate contract<br>
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<br>Climate<br>
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