Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one service is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving rewarding too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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