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

The diagram illustrates the process by which

glass

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can be recycled. The process is circular and involves six main stages.

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, used

glass

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bottles need to be separated from general household rubbish and placed in recycling bins. These bins are collected by a refuse lorry, which takes them to a treatment plant. At the treatment plant,

the first step is

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to wash and sterilise the used

glass

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in a special machine. Once

this

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has been done, the clean and sterile bottles are sent to a second machine where they are crushed and melted. The resulting molten

glass

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is

then

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reshaped into new

glass

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products in a moulding machine. These new bottles can be filled and delivered to supermarkets for sale. The process may

then

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be repeated all over again.

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, we can see there is no limit to how many times

glass

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can be recycled and reused as long as consumers are prepared to take the initial step of separating

glass

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rubbish from other household waste.