diff --git a/Climate-Change%3A-Growing-Doubts-Over-Chip-Fat-Biofuel.md b/Climate-Change%3A-Growing-Doubts-Over-Chip-Fat-Biofuel.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..977da5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Climate-Change%3A-Growing-Doubts-Over-Chip-Fat-Biofuel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+
Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat [biofuel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html)
+
21 April 2021
+
remarks
+
354 Comments
+
New research study questions the environmental effect of rising imports of utilized cooking oil (UCO) into the UK and Europe.
+
Chip fat and other oils are considered waste, so when they are used to make [biodiesel](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) it conserves carbon emissions by displacing fossil oil.
+
But such is the demand across Europe that imports now account for over half of the UCO that's made into fuel.
+
According to the study, external, there's no chance to prove these imports are sustainable.
+
With no screening of what's being available in, [specialists](https://www.zonebourse.com/cours/action/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-8557641/) think it is likewise ripe for scams.
+
Used cooking oil imports may enhance logging
+
Consumers present ['growing risk'](https://www.businessnews.com.au/Company/Mission-NewEnergy) to tropical forests
+
Reducing emissions from transportation is showing to be one of the toughest difficulties for governments all over the world.
+
They have actually motivated the usage of biofuels as an important methods of suppressing carbon from cars and trucks.
+
[Biofuels](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) are usually a mix of nonrenewable fuel source and oil made from plants or veggies.
+
The reality that these crops can be re-grown and take in more CO2 suggests they counteract the carbon emitted when used in engines.
+
Soy and [palm oil](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) were as soon as commonly used as parts of [biodiesel](https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/MNELF:US) but this practice has been widely [challenged](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) because it motivates deforestation.
+
So for the last years approximately, using utilized cooking oil has broadened massively as an alternative feedstock for fuel.
+
[Chip fat](https://www.proactiveinvestors.com.au/ASX:MBT/Mission-NewEnergy-Ltd) and other [waste oils](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159346/mission-newenergy-delivers-maiden-biodiesel-production-to-global-oil-major-24476.html) have ended up being a crucial part of [biodiesel](https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/159352/mission-newenergy-debt-free-focused-on-biofuel-joint-venture-60797.html) with an efficient industry [springing](https://stocktwits.com/symbol/MNEL) up across Europe to collect and process the item.
+
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](https://forest500.org/rankings/companies/mission-newenergy-limited) by around 40% every year given that 2014, there just isn't enough chip fat to walk around.
+
According to a report from the campaign group Transport & Environment, external, more than half of the UCO used in Europe is imported.
+
Their research study suggests this is highly bothersome when it pertains to effect on the environment.
+
While UCO is considered a waste material in the UK, in China, Indonesia and Malaysia it has long been used to feed animals. The report raises the [concern](https://biodieselmagazine.com/articles/felda-global-buys-missions-kuantan-port-plant-for-11-5-million-9053) of what people in these countries are changing the UCO with, when it is exported.
+
In 2019, [Malaysia exported](https://www.intelligentinvestor.com.au/shares/asx-mbt/mission-newenergy-limited/share-price) 90 million litres of UCO to the UK and Ireland. Figures for their exports to other European nations aren't available however the circulation of UCO is most likely to be comparable.
+
With a of around 33 million, that's close to 3 litres per head of used oil that's gathered and exported to the UK and Ireland alone.
+
By contrast, Thailand, which has a population of 70 million people, managed to collect around five million litres of UCO in 2019.
+
"Because we are purchasing it, they have less used cooking oil to utilize on the things that they were formerly utilizing it for," said Greg Archer with Transport & Environment.
+
"And they're simply purchasing more virgin oil which virgin oil is largely palm oil, since that's the cheapest oil readily available.
+
"So indirectly, we're simply motivating more logging in Southeast Asia."
+
Another significant issue with UCO is the suspicion of scams.
+
Because of demand from Europe, the rate of UCO is often greater than palm oil. The concern is that some unethical traders are merely diluting shipments of UCO with palm.
+
As oils of various types are mixed in bulk for transportation, and no testing of the materials is brought out, some experts think fraud is swarming.
+
The suggestion of fraud anywhere along the chain of supply is turned down by the European Waste-to-Advanced Biofuels Association (EWABA), who state there are robust certification plans in place.
+
"It is commonly known that the European Commission has actually taken appropriate steps to entirely curb unsound market practices in [biofuel](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1463471/000165495419013063/R31.htm) markets," said Angel Alberdi, EWABA's secretary general.
+
He says a new database being developed by the EU will guarantee that trading, accreditation and sustainability data on all bio-liquids will need to be signed up.
+
"The mix of modified certification schemes and the pan-EU track and trace database will ensure that no sustainability concerns arise in the entire biofuels and bio-liquids supply chain," he told BBC News.
+
Others in the field are worried that the database idea, which was first mooted in 2018, might not be effective in stemming thought fraud.
+
The report from Transport & Environment points out that with shipping and air travel looking to decarbonise by using biofuels, need for UCO might double over the next years.
+
"Rising the demand beyond [sustainable supply](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) levels would [increase](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MISSION-NEWENERGY-LIMITED-178469/company/) these issues, and risks of [utilizing 'fake'](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb) UCO, possibly leading to indirect impacts such as [logging](https://www.google.com/search?kgmid=/m/0cqd_rb)."
+
Follow Matt on Twitter @mattmcgrathbbc, external.
+
Related topics
+
COP26
+
Paris climate agreement
+
Climate
\ No newline at end of file