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Bio-diesel made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where car is king and fuel is low-cost, frequently leaving little incentive to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of moving around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the have risen the price of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered into sharp focus.

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one business is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's set up the Middle East's first plan to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing profitable too, currently their client-list includes McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

Special report: The Technology of Business

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23 August 2011

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