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.

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.
The line chart illustrates the percentage of four types of materials, which were paper and cardboard , glass containers , aluminium cans and plastics between 1982 and 2010 in a particular country. As is shown in the chart, the recycling rate of paper and cardboard was the highest among
of
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all materials, over 60% at the beginning. And it reached a peak
to
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80% in 1994. Since
then
, it declined gradually
while
the others had an upward trend for the following period, around 70%. On the
one
hand, the proportion of recycled plastics was always the lowest throughout the period. Compared with the rate of recycled cardboard, it was just
one
out of seven, and only recycling at two decades.
Moreover
, the percentage of recycled glass started in 1982, fell steadily and hit a trough of 40% in 1990,
Then
, it recovered in 1994, and increased slightly to 60% in 2010.
On the other hand
, recycled cans
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started in 1986, at 5%,
then
rose steadily to 20% in 1998. After that, it was over doubled to 40%
at the end
.
To sum up
, the proportion of recycling paper was always the highest, but the only
one
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the
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down trend
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from 1994. Recycling
palstics
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plastics
plastic
was the lowest
one
, not over 10% during the period.
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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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