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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 inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have risen the cost of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one business is benefiting from the growing pressure to to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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