The graph below shows different sources of air pollutants in the UK from 1990 to 2005. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph indicates the

number

of emissions released into the

air

from various

sources

in the UK between 1990 and 2005.

Overall

, the

number

of

air

pollutants

released by the industry was much higher than other

sources

.

Further

, there was a significant fall in the total amount of

air

pollutants

from all the

sources

. In the year 1990, around 7

million

tonnes

of

air

contaminants were emitted from all

the

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show examples

three different

sources

which significantly dropped to approximately 4

million

tonnes

in 1999 and

then

continued to fall to about 3

million

tonnes

by the end of the period. The total

number

of

pollutants

emitted into the

air

gradually reduced to about 5

million

tonnes

by 2005.

Further

, the industry with the highest amount of contaminants with 5.5

million

tonnes

in 1990 gradually declined to about 2

million

tonnes

in 2005. Despite the figures for transport and household emissions being equal at the beginning of the period, there was a slight increase in the

number

of

air

pollutants

from transport to 1

million

tonnes

by 2005,

while

the household emission dropped to a negligible level at 0.1

million

tonnes

at the end

of the period.