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

The chart below shows the percentage of different types of household waste that were recycled in one city between 1992 and 2002
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The bar chart shows the proportion of recycled domestic waste in a city in three distinct years 1992, 1997 and 2002.
Overall
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glass
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and
paper
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were recycled the most
while
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plastic was the least recycled material. In terms of the top two common recycled materials, in 1992, around 17% of
paper
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and
glass
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was reused. Over the 10-year period, the amount of recycled
paper
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and
glass
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waste continued to increase, with close to 50% of
glass
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and 40% of
paper
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being reused. Turning to the other types of materials, in 1992, approximately 20% of cans were recycled, which was double the amount of plastic. By 1997, plastic had experienced
an
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slight rise of 5% and remained unchanged during the period shown.
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, the amount of recycled cans slightly dropped and
then
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jumped to almost 30% in 2002.
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