Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is benefiting from the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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