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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing 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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