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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

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

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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