The diagram below shows the stages in the recycling of aluminium drinks cans. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the key features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram illustrates a step-by-step overview of the process of recycling used

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cans

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. From an

overall

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perspective, the process, which is a systematic sequence, consists of 3 main stages, beginning with the initial collection and delivery of

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,

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processing and finishing with new

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stored in drinks machines. The first stage commences with

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and steel

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being loaded into a designated recycling bin before they are segregated and sorted into two boxes.

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, the

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cans

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are delivered by trucks to recycling centers where they are compressed tightly to form a metal block. Once in the recycling plant, the compacted block is heated and melted into liquid

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.

This

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fluid is

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reconstituted into new

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bars which are

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made into rolls and

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new

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.

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, the

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are transported to vending machines and ready to be sold to consumers. When an individual places their

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from those drink machines into a recycling bin, the process starts again.