Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have pressed up the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving successful too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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