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Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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The Middle East is a region where car is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

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

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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