Leading service station chain Circle K says it does not import biofuel from either the UK or Asia amid growing concerns about mislabelling and fraud.
The EU Commission is investigating whether Indonesian suppliers of biofuel made from waste cooking oil are mislabelling their product and selling it to the bloc via the UK to evade tax duties. At the same time there are growing fears in the industry that so-called reprocessed waste cooking oil from parts of China and other Asian countries may actually be palm oil.
Circle K, one of the Irish Republic’s biggest service station chains, has confirmed it is aware of these issues and does not import its biofuels from either Asia or the UK. The company said this week that it plans spending €2 million on measures to increase supplies of reprocessed waste cooking oil – known as hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO) – this year.
It maintains that all its HVO supplies are certified by International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC), one of the groups that raised the alarm about some Chinese and Asian supplies, or other independent organisations.
Full story at Service station chain Circle K avoids UK and Asian biofuel imports – The Irish Times
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