The diagram below illustrates how glass is recycled. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The figure depicts the

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of

glass

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recycling.

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, it can be seen that the

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by which

glass

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is recycled is a multistep, cyclical

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which consists of three main stages: collection, processing and distribution. In the first stage, customers place used

bottles

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in collection bins, and the

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are collected by large trucks. In Stage 2, the

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are taken to a cleaning plant, where they are cleaned with high-pressurised water. They are

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separated

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colour (green, brown or clear), and taken to a

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factory, where they are crushed into pieces. The pieces are melted in a furnace and the resulting liquid,

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new liquid

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, is poured into a bottle mould. In the

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and final stage, the new

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are filled and packed

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and

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sent to supermarkets, where the customers buy them and the

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begins again.