The diagram below shows the process for recycling plastic bottles. Summerise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram gives information about how

plastic

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bottles

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are recycled. Looking from an

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perspective, it is a cyclic process that consists of four main stages: collecting, crushing, transforming into raw material, and producing goods to reuse. The cyclic process commences with collecting used

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bottles

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in bins, after which these

bottles

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are transported by trucks to the recycling centre. In the recycling centre,

bottles

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are sorted and compressed into blocks. After compressing, these blocks are crushed by a machine into small pieces, which are washed in liquid. In the next step, crushed and washed small pieces of

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bottles

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are transformed into

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pellets by a machine.

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machine

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heats pellets to form

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raw material.

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, the raw material can be used to make reusable goods

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as

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, pens, and shopping bags. These products can be recycled again.