The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tons) in six different countries over a twenty-year period.
The table highlights data about the quantity of
waste
, which was produced in some countries, over a twenty-year period from 1980 to 2000.
Overall
, what stands out from the graph is that the US produced the highest amount of waste
over the period in question. The interesting point is that apart from Korea, other countries saw an upward trend.
Looking into detail, as regards the US, it
accounted for 131 Correct pronoun usage
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million
tons
in 1980, it
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increased to 192 in 2000. As for Japan, Poland and Portugal, the rising trends were also
seen. Japan’s waste
output rose significantly from 28 to 53 million
tons
, whereas
Poland and Portugal increased slightly from 4 to 6.6 and from only 2 to 5 million
tons
respectively.
If we look at Ireland, the waste
that was produced made up 0.6 million
tons
, after which witnessed a substantial growth in the subsequent years (5 million
tons
). As for Korea, it declined considerably from 31 to 19 million
tons
between 1990 and 2000.Submitted by writingbhos on
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