Recycling of Plastic

After sorting, recyclers wash the materials to

remove impurities in plastic. These include
paper labels, dirt, and particles.
Step 1: Collection

The first
step is
gathering
waste plastic
products.
People or
volunteers
go around
collecting waste plastic from
homes, offices, and public
places. Step 4: Shredding and Resizing

Step 2: Sorting

Shredding makes it
possible to reprocess
plastic to other materials
aside from plastic
products. Resizing makes
it easier to identify
elements like metal that
recyclers failed to discover
After collections, the during washing.
plastic will be sent to
facilities to separate the
plastics according to Step 5: Identification and Separation
types. Sorting is
essential because it
allows recyclers to know
which material is In this process, plastic
involved and how it particles undergo testing
gets recycled. procedures to identify
the class and quality of
the plastic.

Step 3: Washing
Step 6: Compounding

Compounding is
the final process in
plastic recycling. It
involves smashing
and melting plastic
particles to create
pellets.