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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 inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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