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Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have actually pressed up the cost of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative 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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