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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the problem of finding alternative of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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