The diagram below shows the process of recycling plastic bottles to manufacture new products. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The diagram shows the 7-step linear process of recycling multi-use

plastic

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bottles

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into new consumer goods. The process can be roughly divided into three distinct stages

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acquisition and transportation, disintegration and preparation,

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as well as

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reshaping. At the beginning and the end are bottle collection and

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the manufacturing

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of new goods, respectively. In the beginning stage,

plastic

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bottles

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are collected in dedicated recycling containers, where they are deposited by consumers. Afterwards, they are relocated to the recycling facility by truck, before they are sorted

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type and cleaned of all potential residue. During the next parts of the process, the

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undergo a shredding procedure, which results in small

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flakes. These are

then

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cleaned with hot water and

subsequently

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dried through

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the use

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of centrifugal forces. When the

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is

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ready to be reshaped, it is first melted down

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before it is passed through an extruder and pressed into pellets. These small pellets are remelted and shaped into a number of different final products, including clothing, ropes,

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shopping bags or new

bottles

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