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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 car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of moving.

But this year, as protests throughout the Middle East have risen the price of oil, the concern of finding alternative sources of fuel has entered into sharp focus.

In a region that has one of the highest carbon footprints in the world, one business is taking advantage 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 rewarding too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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