Band 6+: The diagram below gives information about the recycling of glass and plastic containers. Summarise the information by selecting and reportingthe main features and making comparisons where relevant.

The diagram illustrates the stages of recycling between plastic and glass. Overall, there are 8 main stages, beginning with collecting used containers and ending with new prducts.

To begin, the plastics and glasses collected within every 3-8 weeks. After 5-10 days, they are transported to recycling center for sorting, for plastic bottles they are sorted by thickness and quality, while glasses are classified by color.

After that, glasses crushed using a crusher then washed, melted into melted glass. The molten glass is reshaped in a separate machines.At the same time, the plastics are bundled which is then followed by many steps to undergo shredding and washing.The washed plastics are then melted and reshaped in the same machine.Finally, both glasses and plastics are transformed into new products. This process will restart with the collection and recycle.