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+<br>Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat biofuel<br>
+<br>21 April 2021<br>
+<br>remarks<br>
+<br>354 Comments<br>
+<br>New research study questions the environmental impact of [increasing imports](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) 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 it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.<br>
+<br>But such is the demand throughout Europe that imports now [account](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) for more than half of the UCO that's made into fuel.<br>
+<br>According to the study, external, there's no method to prove these imports are [sustainable](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
+<br>With no screening of what's being available in, professionals believe it is also ripe for scams.<br>
+<br>Used cooking oil imports might improve logging<br>
+<br>Consumers present 'growing hazard' to tropical forests<br>
+<br>Reducing emissions from transport is proving to be among the most difficult difficulties for governments all over the world.<br>
+<br>They've encouraged the use of biofuels as an essential means of suppressing carbon from vehicles and lorries.<br>
+<br>Biofuels are generally a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or vegetables.<br>
+<br>The truth that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 indicates they cancel out the carbon emitted when used in engines.<br>
+<br>Soy and palm oil were once commonly used as parts of biodiesel but this practice has actually been widely rejected due to the fact that it motivates deforestation.<br>
+<br>So for the last years or two, the use of used cooking oil has broadened massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.<br>
+<br>Chip fat and other waste oils have actually become an essential element of biodiesel with an effective industry emerging across Europe to gather and process the item.<br>
+<br>But with the quantity of biodiesel made from UCO increasing by around 40% every year because 2014, there merely isn't adequate chip fat to walk around.<br>
+<br>According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO utilized in Europe is imported.<br>
+<br>Their study suggests this is extremely troublesome when it pertains to influence on the environment.<br>
+<br>While UCO is thought about a waste product in the UK, in China, Indonesia and  it has long been utilized to feed animals. The report raises the concern of what individuals in these countries are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.<br>
+<br>In 2019, Malaysia exported 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't readily available however the flow of UCO is likely to be [comparable](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd).<br>
+<br>With a [population](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) 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>
+<br>By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million individuals, managed to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.<br>
+<br>"Because we are buying it, they have actually less used cooking oil to use on the things that they were previously utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.<br>
+<br>"And they're just purchasing more virgin oil and that virgin oil is mainly palm oil, because that's the least expensive oil readily available.<br>
+<br>"So indirectly, we're simply encouraging more logging in Southeast Asia."<br>
+<br>Another significant problem with UCO is the suspicion of scams.<br>
+<br>Because of need from Europe, the cost of UCO is typically higher than palm oil. The concern is that some unscrupulous traders are merely watering down shipments of UCO with palm.<br>
+<br>As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transport, and no testing of the materials is carried out, some experts believe fraud is swarming.<br>
+<br>The recommendation of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is rejected by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification schemes in place.<br>
+<br>"It is commonly known that the European Commission has actually taken relevant actions to completely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) markets," stated Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.<br>
+<br>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 need to be signed up.<br>
+<br>"The combination of modified accreditation plans and the pan-EU track and [trace database](https://www.energy-xprt.com/companies/mission-newenergy-limited-36048) will make sure that no sustainability concerns arise in the whole biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he informed BBC News.<br>
+<br>Others in the field are concerned that the database concept, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be reliable in stemming presumed fraud.<br>
+<br>The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and aviation wanting to decarbonise by utilizing biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next decade.<br>
+<br>"Rising the demand beyond sustainable supply levels would increase these concerns, and threats of using 'phony' UCO, potentially resulting in indirect impacts such as logging."<br>
+<br>Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.<br>
+<br>Related topics<br>
+<br>COP26<br>
+<br>Paris climate agreement<br>
+<br>Climate<br>