The diagram below shows the process for recycling plastic bottles.

The diagram illustrates the process of recycling

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.

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, the recycling of

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bottles

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is a cyclical process that consists of use, collection, sorting, crushing, cleaning, pelletizing, making new products, and reuse. After

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are used, they are discarded in recycling bins, waiting for trucks to transport them to a recycling plant. Once there, they are sorted and those that can be reused are compressed into blocks. The blocks are

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broken down by a crushing machine into small pieces, which are

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cleaned to remove any residue. In stage 6, the small clean pieces produced in the

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stage are

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poured into a machine where they are turned into pellets. The machine

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heats and melts the pellets, which creates raw material.

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, the raw material is made into different

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products, including pens,

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, and reusable shopping bags. After these products are used, they go through the recycling process all over again.