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Bio-diesel made from Food in Oil-rich UAE
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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is a region where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, often leaving little reward to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving around.

But this year, as protests across the Middle East have actually pressed up the cost of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints worldwide, one company is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find to oil. It's established the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing rewarding too, currently their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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