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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's 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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