made from food in oil-rich UAE

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The Middle East is an area where vehicle is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little incentive to find more environmentally-friendly ways of walking around.

But this year, as demonstrations throughout the Middle East have pressed up the price of oil, the concern of discovering alternative sources of fuel has actually entered sharp focus.

In an area that has among the greatest carbon footprints on the planet, one organization is taking benefit of the growing pressure to discover options to oil. It's established the Middle East's first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's showing lucrative too, currently their client-list contains McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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