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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually pressed up the price of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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