The diagram illustrates the process of how aluminium cans are recycled.
Overall, it is clearly seen that this cyclic process which requires six weeks to be completed consists of 11 main steps, starting from collecting waste, following by processing and finally culminating with production of new cans.
Fist of all, aluminium cans, which have already been used are collected by special vehicles, which transport collected wastes to the deposit centers. After, being transported, these old cans are washed from all possible dusts or dirt with high-pressure water machine. This process is followed by three main parts: crushing, processing and erasing with chemicals, where wastes are pushed with some technics, processed and removed from labels with paints with chemical components to provide next steps with original aluminium.
Processed aluminium cans are passed through the heat where it is melted in influence of high temperature and moulded. As soon as they are moulded as the cans, they have to be weighed and just then are allowed to be rolled in order to shape the cans. This is how factories recycle wastes of aluminium cans and manufacture new ones.
