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Bio-diesel made from food in UAE

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The Middle East is an area where vehicle is king and fuel is cheap, often leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

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

In a region that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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