Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
Terrence Castleberry a édité cette page il y a 5 jours


Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

This video can not be played

To play this video you require to enable JavaScript in your browser.

Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAEClose

The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have pressed up the cost of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is making the most of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, already 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