Bio diesel made from Food in Oil rich UAE
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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the have risen the price of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It’s set up the Middle East’s first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It’s proving lucrative too, already their client-list includes McDonald’s.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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