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The diagram illustrates information on the production of waste in six states from 1980 to 2000. Overall, the US produced more in 20 years whereas Ireland and Portugal did less.
First
 and foremost, in 1980, the US and Korea had the highest number of waste production with 131 and 28
million
 tonnes respectively.
However
, during the same period, Portugal and Ireland produced less with 2 and 0.6
million
 tonnes respectively. Korea had no figures recorded for the year 1980. A decade later, 5 countries had a rapid increase in their manufacturing with the US still leading and having a greater rise from 131 to 151
million
 tonnes. In the same year, both Portugal and Poland increased by 1
million
.
However
, Ireland had no recorded numbers in the same period. In the
last
 10 years, 5 countries continued improving their manufacture except for Korea which plummeted from 31 to 19
million
. In the same year, the US had the greatest increase in production from 151 to 192
million
 .

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