Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into . It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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