Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pressed up the cost of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into .

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one organization is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving rewarding too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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