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, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually risen the rate of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is taking benefit of 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 profitable too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

report: The Technology of Business

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23 August 2011

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