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 line graph illustrates the recycling rates of four different materials from 1982 to 2010. Generally speaking, glass containers and

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aluminium

cans have faced an increase throughout the given time period,

whereas

paper and cardboard have grown to a certain extent, and

then

sank.

Finally

, plastics rates grew in a modest way. In 1982, paper was the most recycled material, with a prevalence of roughly 65%.

Then

, it rose by

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5% in 1986, and dropped to 65% after four years. After that, it reached a peak of 80% in 1994, and

subsequently

steadily decreased, with a final incidence of 70%. On the other side, glass containers had a re-usage percentage of 50% at the beginning of the study period, with a following decrease of 10% after eight years.

However

, from 1994 the curves of

this

material and that of the previously analyzed one became

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, with a constant increase

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glass recycling which reached 60% in 2010.

Conversely

,

alluminium

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aluminium

cans were little

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in 1986, but

then

the rate consistently increased by 20% in 2002, when it

further

steeply rose to a total of approximately 45% in 2010.

Finally

,

plastics

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recycling curve faced only a modest increase, accounting for a total of

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slightly

below 10%

at the end

of the considered time period.