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 an area where car is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pressed up the cost of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.