From the banana plantation to Greenpeace production! What is the reality of the circulating video? | Fact Check

A video is circulating on social media claiming that Greenpeace, or Pachappattaani, is manufacturing something from banana peels in a mechanized factory. Manorama Online's Fact Check helpline number (+91 81291 00164) had also received inquiries for fact-checking this. Let's examine what the truth is. ∙ Investigation The main processes seen in the video are the washing, squeezing, and grinding of banana peels by machines to make small pellets, which are then packaged. The claim accompanying this is, "To prepare green manure from banana peels... how many thousand crore machines!" We checked if there were any reports of an event where green manure is made from banana peels. However, no such event has been reported. Upon examining the viral video, it became clear that it is not footage from an actual factory, but a video created with the help of computer technology. It also had "Ultra Flux USA" written on it. Following this, a search using keywords led to the discovery of a Facebook ...