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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 is a region where cars and truck is king and fuel is inexpensive, frequently leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pushed up the cost of oil, the problem of finding alternative sources of fuel has come into sharp focus.

In an area that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization 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 successful too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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