1 Bio diesel made from Food in Oil rich UAE
Lillian Rosenhain edited this page 7 days ago


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 cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have pressed 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 greatest carbon footprints in the world, one business is from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

Special report: The Technology of Business

Subsection

Business

23 August 2011

Read description