Here’s an interesting story from the United Arab Emirates: Mcdonald’s restaurants across the UAE are making a unique contribution to the environment. They’re taking the oil used to make those famous Mcdonald”s French fries and sending it to the region’s first biodiesel factory. That oil will power the company’s fleet of specially-adapted trucks!

A company in Abu Dhabi called Neutral Group made a deal with Mcdonald’s to take oil from all 80 of its restaurants in the Emirates and convert it into fuel at a special factory in Dubai. That factory is expected to start producing around 1 million liters of fuel, with the chance to expand in the future. Not a bad way to stretch a little more use out of French fries!