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 find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It’s set up the Middle East’s first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It’s showing profitable too, already their client-list contains McDonald’s.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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