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Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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

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

In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one business is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's 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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