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 low-cost, typically leaving little reward to discover more ways of moving.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is taking benefit of 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 profitable too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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