The diagram shows the process of recycling plastic bottles to create useful products.
The process includes nine steps, starting with the collection and ending with the production of new items. These steps can be grouped into three main stages: gathering and sorting the bottles, mechanical and heating processes to make the raw materials, and finally, producing new products.
First, plastic bottles are collected from trash bins and loaded onto trucks. They are then taken to a recycling center, where they are sorted. After sorting, the plastic is pressed into blocks, which are then broken down using a crushing machine.
The crushed plastic is washed and then moved to a machine that turns it into small plastic pellets. These pellets are heated to make raw materials, which are used to create new products. Items like T-shirts, pencils, containers, bottles, and bags are made from these mate
rials.