The graph below shows the amounts of waste produced by three companies over a period of 15 years.

The line graph compares three

companies

in terms of their

waste

output

between the years 2000 and 2015.

It is clear that

there were significant changes in the amounts of

waste

produced by all three

companies

.

While

companies

A and

B

saw

waste

output

fall over the 15-year period, the amount of

waste

produced by

company

C

increased considerably. In 2000,

Company

A produced 12

tonnes

of

waste

,

while

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B

and

C

produced around 8

tonnes

and 4

tonnes

of

waste

material respectively. Over the following 5 years, the

waste

output

of

companies

B

and

C

rose by around 2

tonnes

, but the figure for

company

A fell by approximately 1 tonne. From 2005 to 2015,

Company

A cut

waste

production by roughly 3

tonnes

, and

Company

B

reduced its

waste

by around 7

tonnes

.

By contrast

,

company

C

saw an increase in

waste

production of approximately 4

tonnes

over the same 10-year period. By 2015,

Company

C

’s

waste

output

had risen to 10

tonnes

,

while

the respective amounts of

waste

from

companies

A and

B

had dropped to 8

tonnes

and only 3

tonnes

.