What Really Happens to Your Plastic Bottle

You rinsed your plastic bottle and put it in the recycling bin. But will it really become a new bottle? In this video, we follow one plastic bottle all the way — from your bin to its second life — and explain what really happens at every step: 🚛 Collection, and why "wishcycling" can ruin a whole batch 🏭 Inside a sorting facility: magnets, infrared cameras and people at the belt 📦 Baling: how your bottle becomes a commodity with a price 📉 The uncomfortable truth: only about 9% of the world's plastic waste is recycled 💧 Shredding and washing: the simple trick that separates caps from bottles 🔥 Melting into pellets, and the extra step needed for food-safe plastic 🧥 Bottle to bottle, or bottle to fleece? Where most recycled PET really ends up 💰 Why brand-new plastic can be cheaper than recycled plastic No greenwashing, no guilt trip — just the honest process, the real numbers, and what you can actually do. 📊 Source: OECD, Global Plastics Outlook (2022) Did you know only 9% of plastic gets recycled? Tell us in the comments. Subscribe to Made, Explained for more factory processes — explained. #Recycling #PlasticRecycling #HowItsMade #PlasticPollution #Sustainability