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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 inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually pressed up the price of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one service is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving rewarding 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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