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

The table displays information about the quantity of

waste

produced between 1980 and 2000 in six different nations.

Overall

, the United States had the highest

amount

of

waste

in all the

years

,

while

Ireland had the least. The other significant feature of the table is that the

waste

of Japan increased over the

years

. The United States had many times more

waste

than other countries, in 1980, it had 131

million

tonnes

of

waste

, and

this

grew by 20

million

in the next 10

years

, to 151

million

tonnes

,

at the end

of the

period

, the United States remained to be the nation with the highest

amount

of

waste

with 192

million

tonnes

. Followed by Japan with 28

million

tonnes

in 1980, in the next 10

years

it rose to 32

million

tonnes

, ending the

period

with 53

million

tonnes

. Ireland is the nation with the least

amount

of

waste

, in 1980, it only had 0.6

million

tonnes

of

waste

, but there were no data about the

amount

of

waste

in 1990 in 2000, it ended the

period

with 5

million

tonnes

of

waste

. Portugal is a nation that does not produce a high

amount

of

waste

, in 1980 it produced 2

million

tonnes

of

waste

, and

this

increased by 1

million

tonnes

in the next 10

years

, and ended the

period

with 5

million

tonnes

of

waste

.