Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing 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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