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 inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually pressed up the cost of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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