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<br>21 April 2021<br> |
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<br>New research study concerns the environmental effect of rising imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br> |
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<br>Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br> |
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<br>But such is the demand across Europe that imports now [represent](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br> |
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<br>According to the study, external, there's no chance to show these imports are sustainable.<br> |
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<br>With no screening of what's can be found in, professionals think it is also ripe for scams.<br> |
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<br>Used cooking oil imports might enhance logging<br> |
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<br>Consumers present ['growing risk'](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) to tropical forests<br> |
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<br>Reducing emissions from transportation is proving to be among the toughest challenges for governments all over the world.<br> |
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<br>They have actually motivated the use of biofuels as an important ways of suppressing carbon from cars and trucks and lorries.<br> |
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<br>Biofuels are normally a blend of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or veggies.<br> |
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<br>The fact that these crops can be [re-grown](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and soak up more CO2 implies they counteract the carbon produced when [utilized](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) in engines.<br> |
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<br>Soy and palm oil were as soon as extensively utilized as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) but this practice has actually been commonly discredited due to the fact that it motivates logging.<br> |
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<br>So for the last years approximately, the usage of used cooking oil has expanded enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br> |
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<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually ended up being a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) with an effective market emerging across Europe to [collect](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) and process the product.<br> |
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<br>But with the amount 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 considering that 2014, there simply isn't fat to walk around.<br> |
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<br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.<br> |
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<br>Their study suggests this is highly troublesome when it comes to effect on the environment.<br> |
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<br>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 concern of what people in these [countries](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) are changing 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](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) aren't readily available but the flow of UCO is likely to be comparable.<br> |
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<br>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.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) to the UK and Ireland alone.<br> |
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<br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, handled to gather around 5 million litres of UCO in 2019.<br> |
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<br>"Because we are buying it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to use on the things that they were formerly using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & [Environment](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048).<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 readily available.<br> |
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<br>"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br> |
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<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br> |
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<br>Because of demand from Europe, the price of UCO is frequently greater than palm oil. The concern is that some dishonest traders are just diluting deliveries of UCO with palm.<br> |
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<br>As oils of different types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no screening of the products is carried out, some professionals believe scams is swarming.<br> |
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<br>The recommendation of scams 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 location.<br> |
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<br>"It is extensively known that the European Commission has actually taken relevant steps to totally curb unsound market [practices](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) in [biofuel](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br> |
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<br>He says a new database being established by the EU will make sure that trading, accreditation and sustainability information on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.<br> |
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<br>"The mix of revised certification [schemes](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) and the pan-EU track and trace database will make sure that no sustainability problems emerge in the entire [biofuels](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) and [bio-liquids supply](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) chain," he informed BBC News.<br> |
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<br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, might not work in stemming presumed scams.<br> |
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<br>The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and aviation looking to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next years.<br> |
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<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and dangers of using 'fake' UCO, possibly leading to [indirect impacts](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) such as logging."<br> |
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