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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is an area where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations across the Middle East have actually pushed up the cost of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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