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The Middle East is a region where automobile is king and fuel is inexpensive, typically leaving little reward to discover more environmentally-friendly methods of walking around.

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

In a region that has among the highest carbon footprints on the planet, one service is taking advantage of the growing pressure to find alternatives to oil. It's set up the Middle East's very first scheme to recycle cooking oil into biodiesel. It's proving lucrative too, already their client-list consists of McDonald's.

Philip Hampsheir reports from Dubai.

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23 August 2011

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