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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pressed up the rate of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one business is taking of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme 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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