UK moves to close “bonkers” waste cooking oil anomaly in biofuels legislation

In the UK, an amendment to UK biofuels legislation has been proposed to ensure that used cooking oil is counted as a biofuel feedstock. According to a report in Biofuels International, “under the current regulatory regime, when a small proportion is derived from fossil fuels the product is deemed a fossil fuel by Ofgem, a regulatory board for electricity and gas.” One MP called the oversight a “bonkers anomaly” that has made the use of waste oils uneconomic compared to other options.

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