Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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