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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the have risen the cost of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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