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Climate change: [Growing doubts](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608)
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21 April 2021
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New research study questions the environmental impact of increasing 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 saves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
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But such is the need throughout Europe that imports now represent over half 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](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/).
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Without any screening of what's can be found in, professionals think it is also ripe for fraud.
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Used cooking oil imports might boost logging
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Consumers position ['growing](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) danger' to tropical forests
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Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be one of the hardest difficulties for governments all over the world.
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They've motivated the usage of biofuels as a crucial ways of curbing carbon from vehicles and lorries.
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Biofuels are usually a blend of [fossil fuel](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) and oil made from plants or veggies.
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The truth that these crops can be re-grown and soak up more CO2 indicates they cancel out the carbon given off when used in engines.
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Soy and palm oil were when widely utilized as parts of [biodiesel](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) however this practice has been widely discredited due to the fact that it motivates logging.
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So for the last years or two, using used cooking oil has actually expanded massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
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Chip fat and other [waste oils](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) have become a key component of [biodiesel](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) with a reliable market across Europe to collect 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 since 2014, there simply isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.
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According to a report from the campaign group [Transport](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) & Environment, external, over half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.
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Their study suggests this is highly problematic when it comes to 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](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm). The report raises the question of what individuals in these nations are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
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In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their [exports](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) to other European nations aren't offered but the flow of UCO is likely to be comparable.
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With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of utilized oil that's collected and [exported](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) to the UK and Ireland alone.
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By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, [managed](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
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"Because we are buying it, they have less used cooking oil to use on the things that they were formerly utilizing it for," stated Greg Archer with [Transport](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) & Environment.
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"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, since that's the most affordable oil available.
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"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more deforestation in Southeast Asia."
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Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.
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Because of demand from Europe, the cost of UCO is frequently higher than palm oil. The worry is that some dishonest traders are just diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.
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As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no screening of the materials is carried out, some specialists believe scams is swarming.
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The suggestion of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected 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 understood that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate actions to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.investing.com/equities/mission-newenergy-ltd-company-profile) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
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He says a brand-new database being established by the EU will make sure that trading, certification and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will have to be signed up.
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"The combination of revised certification plans and the [pan-EU track](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) and trace database will make sure that no sustainability problems arise in the whole biofuels and [bio-liquids supply](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) chain," he told 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 mentions that with shipping and air travel wanting to decarbonise by using biofuels, demand for UCO might double over the next years.
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"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) levels would increase these concerns, and dangers of using 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as deforestation."
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