The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph represents the total amount of
waste
(in
tonnes
) produced by
three
companies
, namely A,
B
and C, over a
15 year
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15-year
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period from 2000 to 2015.
Overall
, the
waste
production
trends have been largely different for the
three
companies
.
Company
A's
waste
production
was the highest in 2000 at a total of 12
tonnes
, but it dropped steadily to about 8
tonnes
in 2015, which is the
second
highest of the
three
companies
in that year.
Company
B
's
waste
production
was the
second
highest in 2000 at about 8
tonnes
and
this
number continued to rise till 2005 to about 10
tonnes
.
This
was still lower than
Company
A's
waste
production
back
then
.
However
, after 2005,
waste
produced by
Company
B
dropped fast and more rapidly than that of
Company
A's
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A
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, to the lowest
waste
production
of all
three
companies
at 3
tonnes
.
Company
C's
waste
production
was
initially
the lowest of the
three
companies
at just about 4
tonnes
, but it rapidly rose through the years, overtaking
Company
B
and C in 2010 and sometime in 2013 respectively. It
finally
reached a staggering 10
tonnes
in 2015. As far as the total
waste
production
levels are concerned, it has largely fluctuated mostly
due to
the various
production
trends of the
three
companies
.
Initially
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,Initially
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at about 24
tonnes
, it rose to about 27
tonnes
in 2005, but
then
decreased to about 23
tonnes
in 2010 and
further
dropped to about 21
tonnes
in 2015.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words waste, tonnes, three, companies, b, production, company with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "trends" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 8 times.
Vocabulary: The word "rapidly" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • trend
  • fluctuation
  • significant changes
  • increase
  • decrease
  • waste production
  • period
  • compare
  • analyze
  • main features
  • highlight
  • decline
  • rise
  • steady
  • variations
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