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

The table demonstrates the amount of

waste

produced by six different

countries

(Ireland, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal, and the US) from 1980 to 2000, with a ten-year gap. Generally,

while

there were increases in

waste

output of five

countries

, Korea was the only exception with a decrease within a 30-year period. The US stood as the top country that had the highest

waste

production among those

countries

since 1980 despite Ireland having the most significant rate of inclining. It could be noticed that despite there

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Korea in 1980, the number of

waste

dropped from 31 to 19

million

tonnes

in 2000.

While

the US maintained the highest position since 1980 with 131

million

tonnes

, it owned the lowest rate of increase with only 46% to 192

million

tonnes

in 2000. Meanwhile, The

waste

production of Ireland jumped over 900% in 2000, from 0.6 to 5

million

tonnes

. The other three

countries

(Japan, Poland, and Portugal) represented similar figures

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changes in 30 years, starting with 28, 4 and 131

million

tonnes

in 1980 respectively, and ending with 53, 6.6 and 192

million

tonnes

in 2000.