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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, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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