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.
MPOB director general Dr Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir 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 (UPCO) is one of the activities in the palm oil industry that is licenced and monitored by MPOB. Interested parties can apply for a licence from the MPOB," Ahmad Parveez said in a statement today.
He said in 2020, total purchase of UPCO in the country by palm oil dealers and biodiesel plants increased to 446,904 tonnes from 308,015 tonnes in the previous year.
In the same year, total sales of UPCO by palm oil dealers and biodiesel plants increased to 249,946 tonnes from 245,400 tonnes in 2019.
Besides that, MPOB said the amount of processed UPCO by biodiesel plants and palm oil dealers recorded an increase from 8,345 tonnes in 2019 to 189,717 tonnes in 2020.
Ahmad Parveez said UPCO was classified as sludge palm oil (SPO) as stipulated in the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (Licensing) Regulations 2005.
There are four activities licenced by MPOB - selling and moving of SPO, buying and moving of SPO, storing SPO, and exporting SPO.
"MPOB charges a licence fee of RM100 per year for each of the activities," he said.
Interested parties can apply for a licence online at e-lesen.mpob.gov.my.
For exporting activities of palm oil (crude palm oil (CPO), processed palm oil (PPO) and SPO, the applicant must apply for a Customs export licence (AP) under the Customs Act 1967: Customs (Prohibition on Exports) Order 2017.