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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 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.
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The bar chart demonstrates the
overall
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 percentages of four kinds of household recycling items in a certain region from 1992 to 2002, namely
plastic
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,
cans
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,
paper
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, and
glass
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.
Paper
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 and
glass
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 saw the biggest rise in recycling over the 10-year period. In 1992, the percentage of
paper
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 and
glass
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 that were recycled saw identical numbers at almost 15%, which were the second largest figures among the four kinds of household
waste
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. Over the following five years, the recycling
rate
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 of
paper
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 overtook
glass
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 and became the most recyclable category of family
waste
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 reaching above 30%,
whereas
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 the figure for
glass
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 was around 28%. By 2002,
glass
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 became the major recycling item in each family and the
rate
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 of recycling increased by approximately 20% compared with the data in 1997. The other two types of family
waste
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 that were reused were
plastic
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 and
cans
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. In 1992,
cans
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 were the most common recycling
waste
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 with the data reaching 18%,
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, the recycling
rate
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on
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plastic
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 was the lowest in the same year at just 10%.
Although
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 a slight drop in household recycling
rate
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 on
cans
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 was seen in 1997, the figure was still higher than that of
plastic
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 (around 12%). By 2002,
reusing
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the reusing
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rate
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 of
cans
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 grew to almost a quarter,
while
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plastic
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 remain unchanged at the same level.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words plastic, cans, paper, glass, waste, rate with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: Rephrase the word "percentages" in your introduction.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "data" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 2 times.
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