The provided diagram illustrates the recycling process of aluminium cans.
Overall, the process involves several steps such as collecting, sorting, shredding and compressing, recycling and selling again products.
To begin with, used cans are gathered for cleaning, sorting, shredding and compressing in machines.
Subsequently, it is thoroughly cleaned to remove dust and impurities. It is checked for recyclability in order to chosen suitable cans before it is crushed. The crushed product is melted into sheet form in special molds. The thickness of its is on average between 2.5 and 6 mm.
It can be used in the production of beverage cans. Additionally, the United Kingdom use 74% recycled materials.
