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 <br>Climate modification: [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.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm)<br>
 <br>21 April 2021<br>
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 <br>New research concerns the ecological effect of increasing imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other oils are thought about waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) it [saves carbon](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) [emissions](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) by displacing fossil oil.<br>
 <br>But such is the need across Europe that imports now account for [majority](https://www.pinterest.com.au/missionnewenergy/) of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
 <br>According to the research study, external, there's no chance to show these imports are sustainable.<br>
 <br>Without any testing of what's coming in, [experts](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) think it is also ripe for fraud.<br>
 <br>Used cooking oil imports might improve deforestation<br>
 <br>Consumers present 'growing danger' to tropical forests<br>
 <br>Reducing emissions from transport is showing to be one of the most [difficult difficulties](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) for federal governments all over the world.<br>
 <br>They have actually encouraged using biofuels as an essential ways of  from automobiles and trucks.<br>
 <br>Biofuels are generally a blend of fossil fuel and oil made from plants or veggies.<br>
 <br>The fact that these crops can be re-grown and absorb more CO2 means they cancel out the carbon released when used in engines.<br>
 <br>Soy and palm oil were once widely [utilized](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) as components 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) but this [practice](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/mission-newenergy) has actually been commonly rejected since it encourages logging.<br>
 <br>So for the last years or two, making use of utilized cooking oil has actually broadened enormously as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
 <br>Chip fat and other waste oils have ended up being a key element of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) with an efficient industry emerging throughout Europe to collect and process the product.<br>
 <br>But with the amount 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](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) by around 40% every year considering that 2014, there simply isn't enough chip fat to go around.<br>
 <br>According to a report from the project group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
 <br>Their study suggests this is highly problematic when it pertains to effect on the environment.<br>
 <br>While UCO is considered a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has actually long been used to feed animals. The [report raises](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) the question of what individuals in these nations are replacing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
 <br>In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't [offered](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) but the flow of UCO is likely to be similar.<br>
 <br>With a population of around 33 million, that's close to three litres per head of used oil that's collected and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.<br>
 <br>By comparison, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, handled to gather around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
 <br>"Because we are purchasing it, they have actually less utilized cooking oil to utilize on the important things that they were previously using it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
 <br>"And they're simply buying more virgin oil and that virgin oil is largely palm oil, because that's the most affordable oil offered.<br>
 <br>"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more [deforestation](https://www.zoominfo.com/c/mission-newenergy/346542889) in Southeast Asia."<br>
 <br>Another major problem with UCO is the suspicion of fraud.<br>
 <br>Because of need from Europe, the price of UCO is often higher than palm oil. The concern is that some unethical traders are simply diluting shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
 <br>As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no testing of the products is carried out, some experts think scams is swarming.<br>
 <br>The suggestion of scams anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who say there are robust certification plans in place.<br>
 <br>"It is [commonly understood](https://www.nasdaq.com/market-activity/ipos/overview?dealId=804419-65608) that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate actions to totally suppress unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
 <br>He states a brand-new database being developed by the EU will ensure that trading, certification and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.<br>
 <br>"The mix of revised certification plans and the [pan-EU track](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) and trace database will ensure that no sustainability problems emerge in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.<br>
 <br>Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was very first mooted in 2018, may not work in stemming believed fraud.<br>
 <br>The report from Transport & Environment mentions that with shipping and air travel seeking to decarbonise by using biofuels, demand for UCO could double over the next decade.<br>
 <br>"Rising the need beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of utilizing 'phony' UCO, potentially causing indirect effects such as deforestation."<br>
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