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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is low-cost, often leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have risen 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 highest carbon footprints in the world, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable 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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