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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, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pressed up 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 worldwide, one service is benefiting from the growing pressure to discover alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving 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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