The diagram below shows the process for recycling plastic bottles.

The diagram illustrates all stages of

plastic

bottle recycling.

Overall

, the process consists of 9 steps,

in addition

, it makes a whole cycle during the procedure.

Firstly

, people throw used bottles in trash bins for reuse,

then

waste trucks collect all garbage bottles to take them to a recycling centre. In

this

center

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, employees sort the trash that was brought to send the chosen

plastic

for recycling. After the sorting stage, all selected

plastic

bottles experience compressing to create blocks of them. Afterwards, these blocks are crushed into little pieces by a special machine, the little pieces are washed

further

. Hereafter,

plastic

pellets are produced from these clean pieces, which turn into heating pellets to form raw material.

As a result

, raw materials can be used to make various kinds of products, which may be recycled several times

subsequently

.

Therefore

, the cycle might start again.