nearly all household plastic bottles can recycled! stage 1 - deposited stage 2 - collected stage 7 -...
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Nearly all
household
plastic bottles
can recycled!
STAGE 1 - Deposited
STAGE 2 - Collected
STAGE 7 - Used
STAGE 3 - Sorted
STAGE 4 - Squashed
STAGE 6 - Granulated
STAGE 5 – Squashed
again!
Click on
each stage
to find out
more!
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Plastic bottles are deposited in the recycling banks.
What is
happening
here?
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They are collected from the recycling banks and transported to a MATERIALS RECLAMATION FACILITY (MRF).
What is
happening
here?
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The bottles are sorted into different types of plastic.
What is
happening
here?
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Bottles are squashed into tightly packed blocks.
What is
happening
here?
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Powerful bailing machines squash the air out of the bottles to make them easier to transport.
What is
happening
here?
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The plastic is then transported to a reprocessing factory where it is granulated (made into small pieces or flakes).
What is
happening
here?
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The granulated flakes of plastic are then made into new products such as garden furniture, fleece jackets, pipes and coat hangers.