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 detailed above delineates how plastic bottles are recycled. Looking from an

overall

perspective, it is readily apparent that

this

circular process is comprised of 3 main stages including initial collection and sorting, followed by processing and cleaning, and

finally

reconstitution into a novel material for

further

usage. Recycling commences when an individual places their rubbish in a designated recycling bin, prior to being loaded into specialized garbage trucks. After transportation to the recycling

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, the plastic bottles are sorted by hand, compressed tightly to form blocks and

then

crushed into small pieces and washed. The next stages involve transformation into a reusable material. The pieces of plastic are first poured into a machine that turns them into pellets. These pellets are

then

heated in order to create a raw material that can be used in the manufacture of products ranging from clothes and bottles to containers and pencils. These items are themselves recyclable and the process begins again.