The diagram below gives information about the recycling of glass and plastic containers. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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diagram illustrates the recycling

process

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of

glass

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and plastics.

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it is clear that

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there are two types of processes and they are operated in seven main stages respectively, beginning with gathering

glass

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and plastic waste and ending with reforming new items.

Initially

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, waste

glass

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and plastics are gathered and brought by truck to a recycling

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within 5 to 10 days. At the

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,

glass

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is categorized by its

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,

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plastic is sorted by its shapes and conditions.

Glass

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is

subsequently

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crushed, washed and melted,

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plastics are combined and shaped into rectangles before the crushing

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begins. Following melting,

glass

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is reformed using a single machine,

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in the plastic

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, there are two machines to melt and reshape respectively. The reformed materials become new products which can be used in our daily lives. After 3 to 8 weeks,

this

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process

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starts again and it is operated repeatedly.