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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

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

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one business is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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