Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE
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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.
But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have risen the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.
In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.
Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.
Special report: The Technology of Business
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23 August 2011
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