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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where automobile is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually pushed up the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered into .

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one organization is taking advantage of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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