Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little incentive to discover more ways of walking around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually risen the rate of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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