MOT investigation finds suspicious details behind plastic waste company’s big promises | News

February 2022. Sai Noi, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Thailand.

A flock of seagulls squawk over a landfill. A muddy road leads to a silent factory.

A handful of factory workers hang around smoking and checking their mobile phones.The area is surrounded by tattered plastic fencing and littered with rubbish.

Founded by a Finnish CEO, Corsair Group says it’s here to help save the planet from plastic waste – together with you.

According to the company’s promotional materials, the factory processes 125 tonnes of plastic waste into oil each week. That’s equivalent to the weight of an entire blue whale.

When a Yle MOT contributor visited Sai Noi, what they saw was very different from what was advertised on social media. Nothing seemed to be happening.

This report by MOT and Columbia Journalism Investigations CJI tells the story of how a group of network marketing and business experts developed a business…