Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually pushed up the price of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving rewarding too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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