The graph below shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates the recycling rates of four different kinds of materials (

paper

and

cardboard

, glass containers,

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aluminium

cans, and

plastics

) between 1982 and 2010 in

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one country.

Overall

, the recycling

rate

for

paper

and

cardboard

was the highest during the whole period,

while

plastics

was

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always the least material to be recycled.

Furthermore

, we could observe from the graph that the recycling percentages of

paper

and

cardboard

, glass containers, and

plastics

fluctuated smoothly,

while

the recycling percentage of

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aluminium

cans skyrocketed dramatically. In 1982, around 65% of

paper

and

cardboard

was recycled, and it reached its peak (80%) in 1994.

Nevertheless

, the recycling

rate

kept dropping from the time and about 70% of it was recycled in 2010.

On the other hand

, the recycling

rate

for glass containers witnessed an opposite trend, which the percentage of it increased after the year of 1994 and reached a peak of 60% in 2010. It could

also

be seen from the graph that the recycling

rate

for

plastics

remained below 10% from 1990 to 2010, and there wasn’t any record before 1990. Oppositely, the recycling amount of

alumininium

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aluminium

cans in the country shoot up sharply since 1986, from around 5% to 45%. d