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

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all materials, over 60% at the beginning. And it reached a peak

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80% in 1994. Since

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, it declined gradually

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the others had an upward trend for the following period, around 70%. On the

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hand, the proportion of recycled plastics was always the lowest throughout the period. Compared with the rate of recycled cardboard, it was just

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out of seven, and only recycling at two decades.

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, the percentage of recycled glass started in 1982, fell steadily and hit a trough of 40% in 1990,

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, it recovered in 1994, and increased slightly to 60% in 2010.

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started in 1986, at 5%,

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rose steadily to 20% in 1998. After that, it was over doubled to 40%

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, the proportion of recycling paper was always the highest, but the only

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from 1994. Recycling

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plastics

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was the lowest

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, not over 10% during the period.