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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little incentive to discover more of moving around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have pressed up the rate 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 worldwide, one service is taking advantage 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 lucrative too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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