Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

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

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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