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 diagram illustrates the process of recycling

plastic

Use synonyms

bottles

Use synonyms

and converting them into new products.

Overall

Linking Words

, the recycling procedure involves nine stages, beginning with the collection of used

plastic

Use synonyms

bottles

Use synonyms

and ending with the production of a variety of new items. At the initial stage, people dispose of

plastic

Use synonyms

bottles

Use synonyms

in special recycling bins, which are

then

Linking Words

collected by recycling trucks and transported to a recycling centre. Here, the

bottles

Use synonyms

are sorted by workers and separated into different categories. Afterwards, they are compressed into blocks and crushed into smaller pieces. These fragments are

subsequently

Linking Words

washed in a container to ensure they are clean before

further

Linking Words

processing. In the next phase, the crushed

bottles

Use synonyms

are transformed into

plastic

Use synonyms

pellets by a special machine. The pellets are

then

Linking Words

heated to produce raw materials, which are packed and distributed to factories. In the final stage, these raw materials are used to manufacture a wide range of new products,

such

Linking Words

as clothes, bags, pencils, and new

bottles

Use synonyms

.