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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 inexpensive, often leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have risen the cost of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established 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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