1 Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have actually risen the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one business is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving 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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