A video of a Chinese company producing rice from polythene is being circulated on social media. The video has been titled ‘Production of artificial rice’.
The manufacturing process of Plastic rice
Video circulating on WhatsApp
During our technical investigation, we found that this video indicates the production of plastic crystals. Our analysis further proved that the machine was producing plastic crystals from polythene. The video in circulation shows the same process. Following several investigations by foreign media channels, it was confirmed that this video was misleading the public.
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Therefore the video circulating on social media shows how plastic crystals are being produced from polythene and not the production of rice from polythene.