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, typically leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually pushed up the price of oil, the issue of sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It’s established the Middle East’s very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It’s showing rewarding too, currently their client-list contains McDonald’s.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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