This graph shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country.

The following data illustrates the recycling rate percentage of four types of materials between 1982 and 2010 in a specific country.

Paper

and

glass

containers

have been used since 1982

while

aluminium cans and plastics became popular several years later.

Paper

and

glass

containers

started their usage in 1982 at the level of 65% and 50% respectively. In the following period,

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paper

reached its peak in 1994 at 80%

while

glass

containers

experienced a slight decrease to 40% in 1990.

Then

, both of them had different fluctuations until 2010 when

paper

dropped to 70%

while

glass

containers

continued to grow steadily to 60%. Aluminium cans and plastics were continuously increased but had

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. Aluminium cans surge rapidly from the level of 5% in 1986 to 45% in 2010 with no experience of drop.

On the other hand

, plastics have been stable since it was first introduced starting at the level of 3% in 1990 and still below 10% until 2010.