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Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAEClose

The Middle East is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pushed up the rate of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking benefit of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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