Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE

Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

This video can not be played

To play this video you require to make it possible for JavaScript in your web browser.

Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAEClose

The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one business is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

Special report: The Technology of Business

Subsection

Business

23 August 2011

Read description