Task 1 – Take a look at the chart below and perform the task as outlined: This graph shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, making comparisons where relevant.

The provided chart illustrates data about how many materials which was recycled in a 24-year period, between 1982 and 2010, in a nation.

Overall

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, paper, cardboard, and glass containers remain the highest recycled materials throughout the years.

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, aluminium cans and plastics remain at the lowest rates throughout the year. Paper and cardboard had a fluctuation rate that started at around 65 per

cent

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in 1982 to 80 per

cent

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in 1994.

Then

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, the figure decreased steadily to 70 per

cent

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at the end

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of the period, which was in 2010. Glass containers

on the other hand

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had declined

initially

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from exactly 50

percent

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in the beginning to 40

percent

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in 1990.

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, the rates went back up to 60 per

cent

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until the end of the period. Meanwhile, aluminium cans did not get recycled until 1986 and 1990 for plastics. Alumunium cans' figures increased significantly from around 5 per

cent

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in the beginning to around 45 per

cent

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in 2010.

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plastics had steady figures from 2

percent

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to almost 10

percent

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in 2010.