Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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