Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pushed up the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into .

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover 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 consists of McDonald’s.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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