The graph below shows the percentages of types of waste that were recycled in a town between 2000 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant

The bar graph displays the proportion of recycled plastic, cans, paper and metal in the town in the years 2000, 2005 and 2010

Overall

Linking Words

, an increasing amount of all four products were recycled, all began with a similar percentage at the beginning,

while

Linking Words

metal grew the most compared with the others. The metal had a waste recycling of around 12% in 2000,

this

Linking Words

peaked at 30 in 2005, and it continued to rise by 10% in the

last

Linking Words

year, becoming the most recycled product. Cans started the period with approximately 12%,

this

Linking Words

dropped by 1% during the next 5 years, and after, it rocketed sharply to just under 35% in 2010. 10% of the plastic was recycled in 2000,

this

Linking Words

increased by around 1% in 2005, and it almost doubled in the

last

Linking Words

year, recycling 25%.

Finally

Linking Words

, paper had 11% at the beginning of the period,

then

Linking Words

it climbed gradually to 19% in 2005 and surged to a little under 30% in 2010.