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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, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pushed up the rate 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 worldwide, one company is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving profitable 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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