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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where cars and truck is king and fuel is cheap, typically leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

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

In an area that has one of the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into . It's showing rewarding too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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