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

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have risen the rate of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one business is benefiting from the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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