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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little reward to find more of moving.

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

In a region that has among the greatest carbon footprints in the world, one company is benefiting from 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 profitable too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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