Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually pressed up the price of oil, the problem 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 organization is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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