Task 1 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. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph represents the trend in the recycling of four categories of materials between 1982 to 2010. The substances depicted include

paper

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and

cardboard

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,

glass

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containers,

aluminium

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cans, and

plastics

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.

Overall

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, it is evident that recycling was in fashion for

paper

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and

cardboard

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and

glass

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containers much before

aluminium

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and

plastics

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, as the former has been reused in large numbers since 1982

while

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the trend was applied to the latter groups only about four to eight years later respectively. Notably,

paper

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and carboards have

also

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been the dominant division of commodities being reprocessed, followed by

glass

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materials,

whereas

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plastics

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have been the least reclaimed. Zooming into the figures, between 1982 and 1990, about 65 to 70% of

paper

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and

cardboard

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were recycled which

then

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surged to an all-time high of 80% by the year 1994.

Following

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this

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, the proportion of

paper

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and

cardboard

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being reused has steadily fallen. As for the

glass

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containers, the numbers being recycled experienced an

overall

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decline of 10% over eight years post-1982, subsequent to which the proportion of reprocessed goods rose to 60% by 2010.

On the other hand

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,

Aluminium

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cans and

plastics

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, albeit entering the recycling trend much later, have solely faced increments in the proportions being reclaimed.

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the portion of

aluminium

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commodities being reused has increased sharply from 5% in 1986 to 45% in 2010, plastic is subject to a rather gradual increase in its recycled percentage, which is recorded to be about 1% in 1990 and stands only at 9% by 2010.