Feedstock

Unlike other regions/countries, such as the EU and the U.S., the Asia Pacific region does not have regional fuel regulations and mandates. As a result, each country takes a different approach.

The same applies to biofuel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) feedstock.

This region is the world’s largest producer of palm oil and coconuts. However, the use of these feedstocks is perceived as not environmentally friendly. Used cooking oil (UCO) is currently the prime feedstock.

UCO is also used to produce fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) or biodiesel and renewable diesel, e.g. hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). As a result, there is increased competition for UCO as a renewable feedstock within the transportation sector, between on-road, marine, and aviation.

Collecting UCO presents the bigge