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

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually risen the price of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually come into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking advantage of 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 successful 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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