Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is a region where automobile is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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