This essay question is from Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 4 Writing Task 1. The diagram below shows the process for recycling plastic bottles. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram visualizes how

plastic

bottles

are recycled and used to create different products.

This

cycle process can be divided into three main stages: collecting and sorting, compressing and crushing, and converting raw

plastic

pellets into different end products.

Initially

, garbage trucks collect the

plastic

waste

materials

from dust bins.

Then

these are transported to recycling

centers

Change the spelling

centres

show examples

, where waste is sorted by humans. During the sorting, only

plastic

bottles

are collected for

further

processing.

After

this

stage, the

bottles

are compressed into large blocks, and

then

they are crushed using machines. Crushed plastics, which are the output after crushing, are directly put into washing tanks.

Next,

these washed plastics are put into machines in order to produce

plastic

pellets.

After

this

,

plastic

pellets are heated to create raw

materials

. Meanwhile, these raw

materials

are stocked until they are used for different product creations.

Finally

, these raw

materials

will be used for making products

such

as

bottles

, t-shirts, bags, pencils, or lunch boxes.

This

process

then

repeats itself continuously.