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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 walking around.

But this year, as protests throughout the have actually risen the price of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one business is benefiting from the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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