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, little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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