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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving successful too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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