Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

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

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one service is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving successful too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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