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Hard things were: Using our own pictures

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This was hard at some points because I had to use my own images

It was also a easy because I had some good information 

25/8/16   ← Planning

How are Plastic Bottles Are Recycled Into Polyester?

Did you know that your clothing and other household items might be made out of old bottles?  Do you ever think about what happens to your old bottles, well think no longer.

First your bottles are dropped of at the bottle recycling center. There is one near us called Eco Drop (25 Parkhouse Rd, Wigram, Christchurch 8042). Later the bottles go in the shredder so any unwanted liquid goes out so it doesn’t affect the quality of the plastic. The plastic is later wrapped in cellophane and boxed up ready to be shipped around the world to China.

Once they make it to China they get sorted  the clear plastic from the colour stuff. Clear plastic can be made into white clothing and or material, that can be dyed so it’s extremely valuable. Most clear bottles have colour stickers, or leaves they have got to go. Later they are put in an oven for 10 hours to dry with some white coloured material, so they have some colour in it. some people have to move their carts back and forth underneath the drums to get the bottle shreds in the cart.

Once they have been placed in the cart, they get put in a drill at 270 degrees so it’s liquid plastic . At that moment it goes through a sieve to make the cloth very thin. It gets stretched out when it’s get heated up. They tear it apart again into fluff. Then they have to box the fluff up and move it to another factory.

At the new factory the bottles get put with rough cloth. A spider type thing weaves a new sheet of Polyester and make some carefully made loops. Tough steel brushes then pull the carefully made loops. Later on they use templates to make clothing. After that the templates get sent to workers to make the coolest clothing on the market.

After this long process you now know the long journey your recycled bottles go on  to make your everyday clothing and other household items.