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 chart illustrates the recycling

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of four materials: paper & cardboard, glass containers,

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cans and plastics, between 1982 and 2010. It can be noted that paper and glass were the most recycled elements for the period, but

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was rapidly catching up with them,

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the plastics

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remained distant from the first three. Analyzing the trends, it can be seen that the paper

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was the most variable one, starting from 65% in 1982, arriving at 80% in 1994 and

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continuously declining, reaching a 70% recycling

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in 2010.

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trend was similar, in the beginning, with the glass one, with a decrease until 1990, passing from 50% to 40%

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, when a steady growth started, totalling a 60%

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in 2010.

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, that in 1986, when the historical series started, was recycled only for 5% of the total, saw the sharpest raise of all the four categories, reaching 45% in 2010.

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, plastics, for which data are available only from 1990, saw a steady increase, passing from a 5%

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in 1990 to a little less than 10% in 2010. In conclusion, it can be stated that these selected materials all had different trends in the considered time frame.

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the most recycled ones saw a certain grade of maturity, with contained raises or declines,

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saw a greater increase pace, which could be linked with the relative recentness of

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activity.