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 inexpensive, typically leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving successful too, already their includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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