The graph below shows percentages of types of waste that were recycled in a town between 2000 and 2010.

The graph below shows percentages of types of waste that were recycled in a town between 2000 and 2010.
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the bar chart compares the proportions of four
types
of
waste
recycling in a town over a period of 10 years.
overall
, it is clear from the bar chart that the percentages of recycling these three
types
of
waste
increased during
this
period, in general. the recycling rate of metal saw a significant change. In 2000, the percentage of plastics, cans, papers and metals that were recycled in the town just stood at 10%, around 12%, 11% and 11% respectively. by 2005, the figures for papers and metals saw a considerable increase, reaching 19% and 29%.
by contrast
, the recycling rate of cans
slight
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decreased to about 11%,
while
the figure for plastics
just
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over 10% 5 years later, the recycling rates of these four
types
of
waste
experienced a
dramatical
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increase, and the figures for them were all over 20%. 40% of metals had been
recyclied
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recycled
in the town, which is the highest recycling rate of
four
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the four
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types
of
waste
. the follower
was cans
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was canned
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,
reached
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reaching
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33%.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words types, waste with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "chart" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 3 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • recycling rates
  • types of waste
  • paper and cardboard
  • plastic and glass
  • noticable increases
  • stable
  • landfill sites
  • decrease
  • percentage
  • 10-year period
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