The table below shows the amount of waste production (in million tonnes) in six different countries over twenty years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below shows the amount of waste production (in million tonnes) in six different countries over twenty years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table illustrates the tonnage of
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produced in six different countries from 1980 to 2000.
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, almost all countries'
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production tonnage exhibited an upward trend;
however
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, Korea's
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generation saw a noticeable decrease throughout the
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. The US
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clearly was the most significant
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producer by far over the twenty-year
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. The three companies had the majority of the
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generation in 1980. They were the US, Japan, and Korea, with 131,000
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, 28,000
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, and an
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figure, respectively. Japan nearly doubled its production capacity with 53
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tonnes
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in 2000.
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, Korea produced 31
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in 1990, before dramatically falling to 19
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tonnes
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in 2000. The US was the dominant country
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100
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tonnes
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contribution throughout the
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, its capacity escalating to 192
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tonnes
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at the end
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of the
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. The remaining countries only contributed a few tonnage from 0.6
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to 6.6
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tonnes
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briefly. Portugal produced 2
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, before rising to 3
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in 1990
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and completing the
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with 5
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tonnes
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. Poland and Ireland
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followed a similar trend,
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, Ireland's contribution
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little lower than Poland's for each year.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words waste, period, tonnes, million with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • fluctuate
  • sharp rise
  • decline
  • stable
  • notable
  • peak
  • dip
  • consistent
  • variation
  • contrast
  • comparison
  • aggregate
  • metric
  • figure
  • volume
  • statistics
  • data points
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