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 shows the proportion of recycled domestic waste in a city in three distinct years 1992, 1997 and 2002.

Overall

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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

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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

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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

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jumped to almost 30% in 2002.