Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisions where relevant

The graph above illustrates the information about the percentage of materials recycled, namely paper and
cardboard
, glass containers, aluminium cans and plastics during the period of 1982 to 2010. Overall, the most popular material recycled is paper and
cardboard
where as the least converted material is plastics. Recycling of paper and
cardboard
, glass containers are always on the upper hand when compared to aluminium cans and plastics, rating nearly 50 percent of its total waste.
Firstly
, Paper and
cardboard
started its position at 64 percent in 1982 and continued in almost the same trend till 1990 but there is a gradual downfall in its conversion in the following years. Glass containers,
on the other hand
, had a steady decrease from 1982 to 1990 and picked up its pace during 1990 to 2010. Aluminium cans had an exponentially increasing rate right from the starting year when compared with all other materials. The plastics are the least recycled products which is
moreover
same during years, only less than 10 percent of its waste is being converted to some useful goods.

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