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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is low-cost, typically leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

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

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints in the world, one organization is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find 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 consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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