The diagram explains the recycling process of glass and plastic waste.
Overview, after collection there is a 5-10 days before transporting them to recycling centre. The recovery process of both materials goes through five steps.
First of all the glass is sorted by colors while the plastic is sorted by thickness and quality. The sorted glass crashes into little pieces and the plastic is bunding for chemical-resistant. Next step is washing shattered glass, while the plastic goes through shredding to prepare it for recycling .
Therefore, clean glass is melted to make a new shape, and both of this processes should be done by separate machines. Meanwhile, the grounded plastic is needs to be cleaned. Washed plastic is going to melt and reshape by the same machine. Eventually, after all this treatments there are new products of glass and plastic. After 3-5 weeks its going to be collected and recycled again.
