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 illustration depicts the percentage of recycling rate for selected materials from 1982 to 2010 in a certain region.

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it is clear that

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paper & cardboard was most likely being recycled

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plastic stuff showed in reverse.

To begin

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with, in 1982 there were two materials that have been started to be recycled which are glass containers accounted for about half that had been reused and paper & cardboard which outstripped the number of glass containers by about 65%. These two materials faced a fluctuating trend from 1986 to 1990,

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from 1994 to 2010 depicted different moves. On the one hand, glass containers were mushrooming their number to about 60 in 2010;

on the contrary

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paper & cardboard underwent a dramatic decrease of about 10% from their initial percentage.

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, aluminium cans recycling has been starting in 1986

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2 years later the trend of plastics reuse emerge. The initial number started at no more than 5% in both categories.

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, the trend of recycling aluminium cans drastically increased by around 5% every year and reached third place at about 45%. Eventually, plastic reuse showed a slight increase of no more than 1% per period and accounted for almost 10% in 2010.