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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually risen the price of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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