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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

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

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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