The process diagram illustrates the recycling of plastic bottles, comprising a total of nine steps. It begins with individuals discarding bottles in the trash and progresses through factory processes utilizing specialized machinery, concluding with the production of items from recycled plastic before restarting the cycle.
Commencing with the initial three steps, involving collecting and sorting plastic, plastic bottles are initially discarded into garbage bins. Garbage trucks then collect these bins, and the plastic bottles reach a recycling center where manual sorting distinguishes recyclable from non-recyclable bottles.
The subsequent steps focus on processing recyclable plastic, starting with compressing the recyclable material. Creating recyclable plastic becomes the primary objective in the following stages, where compressed blocks are fed into a grinder, crushed, and placed in a washing tank. Afterward, the plastic undergoes a pellet-forming process through a machine.
In the remaining stages, the plastic pellets are heated to form raw material suitable for plastic product manufacturing, stacked on pallets for storage. Following this, finished products are created from the raw material. Some completed goods may end up discarded in trash cans, subsequently re-entering the recycling process.
