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 reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the have risen the rate of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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