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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where vehicle is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have pushed up the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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