Most of us have seen advertisements for bottle recycling, but how do we do it? Plastic bottles are collected, sorted, sold, shipped, and melted down to make new bottles. They are recycled by scavengers, reducing litter and carbon emissions. Here are some tips for recycling your plastic bottles. First, empty your bottles. It will make the process go much more smoothly. Once your bottles are empty, run them through a washing machine to remove dirt and labels. Plastic bottles are sold, shipped, melted, resold, and shipped again. Many plastic bottles end up at a dump. Traders there buy PET soda bottles, which stand for polyethylene terephthalate. The plastic can be…