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 low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is benefiting from the growing pressure to find to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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