Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one business is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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