This essay question is from Cambridge IELTS 16 Test 4 Writing Task 1. 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.

The illustration demonstrates how

plastic

bottles

are recycled,which can

this

process help to reduce pollution and protect our planet and environment from

plastic

products.

Overall

, the cyclical process consists of a 9-stage and it begins with collecting

plastic

bottles

from people who throw them in the recycling garbage and

finally

facilitates products

different

Correct word choice

and different

show examples

items made of the raw materials that came from

plastic

bottles

.

To begin

with,

plastic

bottles

are collected from a designated recycle bin and the trucks transfer them to a recycling factory. The factory’s workers start sorting the

plastic

bottles

and

then

they go through a compressing machine to get the air out and form them into blocks in order to crush them into small pieces. The

plastic

pieces are

subsequently

washed before they are placed in the producing

plastic

pellets. Following that, the

plastic

pellets are exposed to heat, which results in the formation of a raw material. From

this

, the raw materials are packaged before they are shipped to factories, they

then

use the raw materials to produce different products

such

as clothes,

plastic

bags, water

bottles

, … etc.