Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have risen the rate of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into .

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is making the most of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving rewarding too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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