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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE

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 inexpensive, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pushed up the price of oil, the problem of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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