Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is benefiting from the to discover alternatives 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 consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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