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.

At the onset, it is evident from the graph that the process by which plastic bottles are recycled can be outlined in 9 consecutive steps, starting from collecting and leading to the production of new products. First of all, rubbish is collected from rubbish bins by individuals and delivered to the recycling centre by garbage trucks.

Then

, all the rubbish is sorted by people, and it is compressed into blocks.

Subsequently

, these blocks are crushed by a crushing machine, and the crushed garbage is thoroughly washed to remove any contaminants. The next step involves producing plastic pellets: the machine processes the washed material into small pellets, which are

then

heated to form raw material. Once

this

raw material is ready, it is used in the final step, where goods are manufactured. These newly produced products are now ready for consumption, completing the recycling process.