Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.
But this year, as protests throughout the have pushed up the cost of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.
In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's 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.
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23 August 2011
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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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