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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The is an area where car is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most 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 proving rewarding 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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