Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the have actually pushed up the rate of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is making the most of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative 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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