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The charts below give information about different types of waste disposed of in one country in 1960 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The charts below give information about different types of waste disposed of in one country in 1960 and 2011. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The table contains information pertaining to the changes that took place in
waste
 disposal in an unspecified country in the specific years of 1960 and 2011.
Overall
, the proportion of
waste
 disposal for plastic, food, wood, and metal increased, whilst the remaining categories saw a decrease, except for green
waste
 and glass, which remained the same in both years.
Additionally
, disposable plastic
waste
 saw the most noticeable rise,
while
 the opposite was true for paper. In 1960, food and plastic experienced a similar upward trend in
waste
 disposal, increasing from 12% and 8% to 21% and 18%, respectively. Concurrently, the proportion of wood thrown away doubled to 8%,
while
 metal (
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the smallest) saw the slightest rise to 9% from 8%. Moving on to paper, which saw the highest disposable
waste
 in 1960 at 25%, before decreasing to 15% by 2011.
Similarly
, textiles (17%) and other materials (11%) dropped slightly to 11% and 4%, respectively.
Conversely
, green
waste
 at 9% and glass at 5% saw precisely the same figures in both years.
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