The graph below shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The graph below shows the proportion of four different materials that were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in a particular country. 

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
The graph depicts the
propotion
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proportion
promotion
of four different recycling materials
such
as
paper
and
cardboard
, glass containers,
aluminium
cans and
plastics
that were recycled in the
period
from 1982 to 2010.
According to
the data, in
the
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1982 year
paper
&
cardboard
and glass containers started at 65% and 50% respectively,
whereas
aluminium
started
recycling
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the recycling
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process only
since
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in
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1986 year and
plastics
even 4 years later. The most recycled products were
paper
and
cardboard
for the whole
period
,
while
plastics
had the lowest percentage. The graph illustrates that
materials
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the materials
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that had only the positive growth were
plastics
and
aluminium
cans,
this products
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this product
these products
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rose from 2% and 5% to 9% and 45% respectively. The other materials had periods when their percentage slowly went down in different periods of time. Glass
containers
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container
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recycling
felt
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fell
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down
at
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by
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40%
by
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over
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8 years. The same situation was with
paper
and
cardboard
in
period
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the period
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from 1986 to 1990 and
then
4 years later
happend
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happened
happen
again till the end of
specified
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the specified
a specified
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period
.
To sum up
, all types of recycling products
in
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at
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the end of
period
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the period
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didn't change at all except
aluminium
cans
that
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which
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increased their
percent
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percentage
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almost
in
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apply
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5 times since the
begining
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beginning
.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words paper, cardboard, aluminium, plastics, period with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • proportion
  • recycled
  • materials
  • increased
  • paper and cardboard
  • plastic
  • glass
  • metal
  • significant increase
  • relatively stable
  • fluctuating
  • period
  • starting
  • reaching
  • gradually increasing
  • remained low
  • experienced
  • showed
  • greatest
  • proportion
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