The simplest of plastic recycling process involves collecting, sorting, shredding, washing, melting and pelletizing.The actual particular process varies based on plastic resin or type of plastic product.
Most plastic recycling facilities use the following two-step process:
(i) Sorting plastics automatically or with a manual sort to make sure all the contaminants are removed from the plastic waste stream.
(ii) Melting down plastic directly into a new shape or shredding into flakes then melting down before being finally processed into granules.
