Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little incentive to discover more of moving.

But this year, as protests 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 an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one business is benefiting from 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 lucrative too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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