Used cooking oil which has been labelled a “green fuel” source may be inadvertently increasing demand for palm oil and in turn increasing deforestation.
The waste oil imports currently being used as the basis for biofuel, a low emissions alternative to fossil fuels, is reportedly being replaced across Asia with palm oil extracted from deforested areas.
ause of the profitability of purchasing palm oil in the production of biofuels, the demand for palm oil has skyrocketed causing Indonesia alone to lose 3 million hectares of forest to sustain palm oil cultivation.