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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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