The provided diagram illustrates the steps to recycle plastic containers.
Overall, the whole process consists of 9 steps, from gathering the plastics to manufacture the new products. After being collected and categorized, the plastics are addressed through a sophisticated industrial process to create raw material for end products.
At the beginning of the process, individuals put the plastic bottles to the recycle bin, so that these bottles will be collected by a special truck for recycling. The plastic containers will be brought to a specialized site or factory for sorting the plastics, before being compressed into many blocks and crushed into thousands pieces. After that, the pieces will be washed thoroughly, preparing for the process of producing plastic pellets.
Then, the pellets will be melted by heat to produce raw material and ready to form into big blocks. These blocks of raw material will be the main resource for other products, such as food containers, water bottles, clothes and stationeries. With these items being discharged, the whole process starts again, creating a cycle of life for plastic products.
