Video showing the manufacturing of recycled plastic granules shared as the visuals of plastic wheat production - FACTLY
Sai Krishna Muthyanolla
October 12, 2023
A video is being shared on social media claiming it shows visuals of plastic wheat production in a factory. The video shows the process of converting plastic sheets into tiny plastic pellets in the shape of wheat grains. Let’s verify the claim made in the post.
Claim: Video showing the process of plastic wheat production at a factory.
Fact: The video shared in the post shows the recycling process of converting plastic sheets into tiny plastic granules. The visuals do not show the production of plastic wheat. Hence, the claim made in the post is False.
On observing the video carefully, one could see a watermark with the text “Smartest Workers” at the bottom center of the video. When we searched for the details of the video using these keywords, we found the same video published on a YouTube channel named Smartest Workers on 24 September 2023. This YouTube channel published the video with the title, “Plastic’s New Purpose: Unveiling the Recycling Journey.”
When we searched for further sources, we found many similar videos showing the plastic recycling process in industries. A YouTube channel named ‘Manufacturing skills’ published a video showing similar visuals of the manufacturing of plastic dana or granules in an industry. This YouTube channel published the video with the description, “How Recycled Plastics Granules are made For Automobile Industries.” From all these pieces of evidence, it can be concluded that the video shared in the post shows the manufacturing of plastic granules, not the process of plastic wheat production.
Earlier, when a similar video showing the manufacturing process of plastic granules was shared as the visuals of plastic rice production, Factly published a fact-check article debunking that claim.
To sum it up, a video showing the manufacturing process of recycled plastic granules was shared as the visuals of plastic wheat production.