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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have actually risen the price of oil, the issue of finding alternative of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one organization is benefiting from 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 rewarding 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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