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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

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

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one is making the most of the growing pressure to find options 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 consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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