The chart below shows the percentage of different types of household waste that were recycled in one city between 1992 and 2002.

The bar chart illustrates the proportion of differently discarded materials of residents' wastes that were reused in an urban area from 1992 to 2002. In general, the rates of recyclable substances increase except cans. In that, the percentage of

paper

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and

glass

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were the two highest. Having looked at the given picture for more details, in 1992 the amount of plastic reused was the lowest at 10%, lower than the highest was bottles by nearly 8%,

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paper

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and

glass

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accounted for 13% and 15%, respectively. After 7 years,

paper

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accounted for the highest reprocessing rate at 33%. They were followed by the

glass

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figure which is more than plastic, and cans 2.5 and 2.3 times, respectively. In 2002, the

glass

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proportion continued to rise and reached a peak at approximately 49%, more than the quantity of

paper

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by 10%.

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, cans witnessed a slight growth to 13%. Meanwhile, the figure for reclaiming plastic just remained steady.