KUALA LUMPUR – The collection of used cooking oil in the market requires a licence from the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) if it is palm oil-based, said director-general Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir.
He said used palm cooking oil can be recycled into other products specifically for the production of non-food products such as biodiesel, wax, detergent, soap, and animal feed.
“The collection of used palm cooking oil is one of the activities in the palm oil industry that are licensed and monitored by MPOB. Interested parties can apply for a licence from MPOB,” he said in a statement today.
Parveez said that in 2020, the total purchase of used palm cooking oil in the country by palm oil dealers and biodiesel plants increased to 446,904 tonnes from 308,015 tonnes the previous year.
In the same year, total sales of used palm cooking oil by palm oil dealers and biodiesel plants increased to 249,946 tonnes from 245,400 tonnes in 2019.
Meanwhile, the amount of processed used palm cooking oil by biodiesel plants and palm oil dealers also recorded an increase from 8,345 tonnes in 2019 to 189,717 tonnes in 2020.
He said used palm cooking oil was classified as sludge palm oil (SPO) as stipulated in the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Licensing) Regulations 2005.
There are four activities licensed by MPOB, namely selling and moving SPO, buying and moving SPO, storing SPO, and exporting SPO.
“MPOB charges a licence fee of RM100 per year for each of the activities,” he said.
Licence applications will be approved based on four criteria: the business of the entity, the capital of the entity, and the ownership and suitability of the premises.
Interested parties can apply for a licence online at e-lesen.mpob.gov.my.
For exporting crude palm oil, processed palm oil, and SPO, applicants must apply for a customs export licence under the Customs Act 1967: Customs (Prohibition on Exports) Order 2017. – Bernama, July 9, 2021
