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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to discover more ways of walking around.

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

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable 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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