The charts below give information about different types of waste disposed of in one country in 1960 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below give information about different types of waste disposed of in one country in 1960 and 2011.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The pie charts compare the proportions of various kinds of garbage thrown out in a particular nation between 1960 and 2011.
Overall
, the
percentage
of
paper
waste
accounted for the largest,
while
wood
waste
made up the least part in the beginning.
Whereas
food
waste
represented the highest contribution to total
waste
disposal, the smallest contribution was made by others in the final year. At the beginning of the period, the
paper
held a lion’s share with a quarter of the total disposed of
waste
. The second position in the
percentage
of
waste
was textiles at 17 %.
In addition
, there were no considerable differences in the rate of other, food, plastic and metal rubbish, with their figures ranging from 8% to 12%. The portion of wood and glass disposed
waste
made up 8% and 5% respectively. Regarding the data in the second pie chart, the
percentage
of food
waste
overcame
paper
to rank first in the final year at 21%. The
percentage
of
paper
was 15%, which was a third of that of glass.
In addition
, whilst the rate of wood rubbish was 8%, that of other
waste
was minimally lower at 4%. There were no considerable differences in the
percentage
of green and metal
waste
, with their figures starting at 9%. The
percentage
of plastic was the second position in the total disposed of
waste
, with 18% of its proportions
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of in the final year.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "in addition".
Vocabulary: Replace the words percentage, paper, waste with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "differences" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 6 times.
Vocabulary: The word "proportions" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "considerable" was used 2 times.

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