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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the issue of discovering alternative sources of fuel has entered sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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