The chart below shows the percentages of different types of household waste that were recycled in one city between 1992 and 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart demonstrates the

overall

percentages of four kinds of household recycling items in a certain region from 1992 to 2002, namely

plastic

,

cans

,

paper

, and

glass

.

Paper

and

glass

saw the biggest rise in recycling over the 10-year period. In 1992, the percentage of

paper

and

glass

that were recycled saw identical numbers at almost 15%, which were the second largest figures among the four kinds of household

waste

. Over the following five years, the recycling

rate

of

paper

overtook

glass

and became the most recyclable category of family

waste

reaching above 30%,

whereas

the figure for

glass

was around 28%. By 2002,

glass

became the major recycling item in each family and the

rate

of recycling increased by approximately 20% compared with the data in 1997. The other two types of family

waste

that were reused were

plastic

and

cans

. In 1992,

cans

were the most common recycling

waste

with the data reaching 18%,

on the other hand

, the recycling

rate

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plastic

was the lowest in the same year at just 10%.

Although

a slight drop in household recycling

rate

on

cans

was seen in 1997, the figure was still higher than that of

plastic

(around 12%). By 2002,

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rate

of

cans

grew to almost a quarter,

while

plastic

remain unchanged at the same level.