The graph below shows the proportion of four different material that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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

Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The line chart indicates how the percentage of four different reusable objects that were recycled in a nation over the period from 1982 to 2010.
Overall
, most of the recycled materials increased throughout the period, except in the case of
paper
and cardboard. Especially, the recycling
rate
of aluminium cans was apparently increasing. At the beginning of the recorded year, 1982, there were just two types of substances that are
paper
products and glass containers could be recycled with 65% and 50% recycling rates respectively. In the following eight years from 1990, more or less
paper
and cardboard can be reused, but there was a decreasing trend of glass recycling to 40%. In 1994, the recycling
rate
of
paper
products had a dramatic bulge to 80,
however
, it was back to 1986's level in 2010 slightly. But there had a continuous increase in the glass recycling
rate
to 60% in 2010. In 1986, the first recorded data on aluminium cans appeared, presenting about 5%.
After
this
, it rose significantly to 45% in 2010.
In contrast
, the recycling
rate
of plastics held stably at no more than 10 %
at the end
of the recorded period from first presenting about 4% in 1990.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words paper, rate with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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