Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually risen the cost of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually 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 discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative 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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