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Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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

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

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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