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 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 compares data about the
amount
of
waste
produced by six different countries in 1980, 1990, and 2000.
Overall
, the US produced the largest
amount
of
waste
material in the period shown and
also
experienced a significant rise from 1980 to 2000.
However
, unlike other countries, the level of
production
disposal in
Korea
decreased in 2000. Notably, there is no accessible data about
waste
production
in Ireland and
Korea
in 1990 and 1980. In 1980, Ireland produced 0.6
million
tonnes
of
waste
materials, which was the lowest.
Furthermore
, Poland and Portugal made 4 and 2
million
tonnes
of disposal material in 1980 respectively.
Japan
was responsible for producing 28
million
tones of
waste
materials as compared to 131
million
tones of
waste
production
in the US. Ten years later,
Japan
and
Korea
produced almost the same
amount
of
waste
, about 32 and 31, respectively.
However
, the
waste
production
of Poland was approximately six times smaller than that of
Japan
, at 5
million
tonnes
.
In addition
, Portugal made 3
million
tonnes
of
waste
disposal, the smallest
amount
this
year,
whereas
the US produced 151
million
tonnes
in the same year.
At the end
of the period, Ireland and Portugal produced the same
amount
of
waste
, 5
million
tonnes
. The figure for
Japan
rose to 53
million
tonnes
,
whereas
the
amount
of
waste
production
in
Korea
decreased to 19
million
tonnes
. In the US, the level of
waste
production
grew considerably, increasing by 41
million
tonnes
and reaching 191
million
tonnes
in 2000.
Moreover
, Poland produced 6.6
million
waste
materials, 1.6
million
higher than in 1990.
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