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 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.
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This
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graph illustrates how much materials were recycled during
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28 years. It can be concluded from it that
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value of recycling for all four materials increased.
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, the most significant increase is
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aluminium cans recycling. It was above 10 per cent in 1986 and it grew consistently year after year, and become to 45% in 2010. Per cent of aluminium recycling almost doubled between 2002 and 2010.
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, glass containers reuse increased by 10% over
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period. It dropped from 1982 to 1990, but in 1994 it become the same as in 1982 and it
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rise until 2010.
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recycling rate for other materials grew too but not so much. Plastics were recycled
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5% in 1990,
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, there were not recycled before
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year at all. In 2010 the rate of it increased to 8%. Paper and cardboard were reused at 65% in 1982 and 1990,
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there was a dramatic growth to 80%, but from 1994 to 2010 it dropped steadily to 70%.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 4 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • recycled
  • materials
  • increased
  • paper and cardboard
  • plastic
  • glass
  • metal
  • significant increase
  • relatively stable
  • fluctuating
  • period
  • starting
  • reaching
  • gradually increasing
  • remained low
  • experienced
  • showed
  • greatest
  • proportion
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