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

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

In an area that has one of the greatest carbon footprints worldwide, one service is making the most of the growing pressure to find options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing successful too, already their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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