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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 cheap, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pushed up the cost of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is benefiting from the to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving successful too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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