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.
The table illustrates the tonnage of
waste
produced in six different countries from 1980 to 2000.
Overall
, almost all countries'
waste
production tonnage exhibited an upward trend;
however
, Korea's
waste
generation saw a noticeable decrease throughout the
period
. The US
,
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clearly was the most significant
waste
producer by far over the twenty-year
period
. The three companies had the majority of the
waste
generation in 1980. They were the US, Japan, and Korea, with 131,000
tonnes
, 28,000
tonnes
, and an
unkown
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unknown
figure, respectively. Japan nearly doubled its production capacity with 53
million
tonnes
in 2000.
On the other hand
, Korea produced 31
million
tonnes
in 1990, before dramatically falling to 19
million
tonnes
in 2000. The US was the dominant country
over
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100
million
tonnes
contribution throughout the
period
, its capacity escalating to 192
million
tonnes
at the end
of the
period
. The remaining countries only contributed a few tonnage from 0.6
million
tonnes
to 6.6
million
tonnes
briefly. Portugal produced 2
million
tonnes
, before rising to 3
million
tonnes
in 1990
,
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and completing the
period
with 5
million
tonnes
. Poland and Ireland
also
followed a similar trend,
nevertheless
, Ireland's contribution
a
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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.

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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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