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. Write at least 150 words.

The diagram represents the process of recycling

plastic

bottles

into products, which consists of three important stages, including the pre-production, production, and post-production stages.

First,

in the pre-production stage, when people throw away their garbage, they will separate

plastic

bottles

from other trash.

Then

, a garbage truck will come to pick it up and bring it to the recycling centre. There, staff will sort the

bottles

to determine whether they are still able to be recycled.

Next,

the ones that are recyclable will be compressed into blocks of

plastic

. In the production stage, they will be crushed by a machine into flakes, and they will be washed using water.

Then

, it will be put into a machine to produce

plastic

pellets. These pellets will be heated to form raw materials of plastics.

Lastly

, in the post-production stage, raw materials will be prepared and they will be used to produce new products.

To sum up

, recycling

plastic

bottles

requires a lot of time and complex steps which are both labour and capital-intensive.