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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have risen the cost of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving 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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