Bio-diesel made from food in UAE
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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.
But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually risen the cost of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.
In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is benefiting from the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
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23 August 2011
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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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