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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, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly methods of moving.

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

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is benefiting from the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving 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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