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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE

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 little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pushed up the cost of oil, the problem of discovering 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 organization is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It’s set up the Middle East’s very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It’s showing rewarding too, currently their client-list includes McDonald’s.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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