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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, often leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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