The graph below shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words

The graph below shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country.

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

Write at least 150 words
The graph shows the recycling of three different
type
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types
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of materials (paper and cardboard,glass containers,aluminium cans and plastics) over the period of 28 years from 1982 to 2010
..
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Units are given in percentage. From the
data
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it is evident that among the recycled materials paper and cardboard stood at number one followed by glass containers.Plastics
has
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the lowest percentage when comes to recycling. About 65% of paper and
cardboards
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cardboard
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are reused after which
ratio
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the ratio
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slightly increases in 1986 and
than
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then
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drops back to 65% in 1990.In 1994
the
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recycling
were
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at its highest point which is 80%.After 1994 the ratio kept on declining and goes back to 70% in 2010 which was the same rate of 1986. Glass containers
starts
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off from 50% in 1982 and
goes
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all the way up to 60% in 2010.The most significant dip occurs in 1990
where
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when
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the percentage was 40. Recycling of aluminium shows
gradual
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a gradual
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increase
through out
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throughout
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the period. After every two years the rate increases by 5%.It starts off from 0% in 1982 and stops
on
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at
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45% in 2010. Plastics were the least reusable materials out of all.It remains
between
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the range of about 2% to nearly 10%.
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  • proportion
  • recycled
  • materials
  • increased
  • paper and cardboard
  • plastic
  • glass
  • metal
  • significant increase
  • relatively stable
  • fluctuating
  • period
  • starting
  • reaching
  • gradually increasing
  • remained low
  • experienced
  • showed
  • greatest
  • proportion
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