Recycling process This process divided into four stages. 1. plastic bottles puts into the appropriate recycling container or local recycling point. 2. The plastic is then taken to a sorting facility where it is baled and taken to a processing facility. 3. At the processing facility infra-red technology is used to sort the mixed bottles into their separate types 4. The bottles are then shredded into either plastic flakes (PET) or granules (HDPE) 5. Flakes and granules are then melted and processed with various techniques and returned to the manufacturers of plastic bottles