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Recycling glass bottles (Online Task)

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Task 1 — Academic

You should spend about 20 minutes on this task. Write at least 150 words.

The diagram below shows how used glass bottles are recycled into new glass containers.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features.

The glass bottle recycling cycle
The glass bottle recycling cycle1CollectionEmpty bottles and jars are put out in kerbside bins and taken by lorry to asorting depot.2Sorting by colourOptical scanners and workers on a belt separate the glass into clear, greenand brown streams and pull out lids, corks and pottery.3CrushingEach stream passes between heavy rollers that break the glass into smallfragments known as cullet.4CleaningThe cullet is washed and dried, then travels under magnets and air jets thatremove metal caps and paper labels.5MeltingThe clean cullet is mixed with sand, soda ash and limestone and melted in afurnace at about 1,500 degrees.6MouldingThe molten glass is dropped into moulds and blown into new containers, whichare then cooled slowly so that they do not crack.7Back to the shopsThe finished bottles are filled at a bottling plant and delivered to shops,where the cycle begins again.

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