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

The line graph illustrates the data on how many different

materials

(

Paper

&

cardboard

,

Glass

containers

, Aluminium

cans

and

Plastics

) were recycled from 1982 to 2010 in an unknown country. The unit of measurement is per cent.

Overall

, the highest amount of

materials

recycled were

Paper

&

cardboard

and

Glass

containers

.

While

the recycling of other

materials

such

as Aluminium

cans

and

plastics

was not started until the

year

1986.

Although

,

plastics

were the least recycled material. In the initial

year

of 1982, only two

materials

were selected for the process of recycling i.e.,

Paper

&

cardboard

and

Glass

containers

with a

rate

of 65% approximately and 50% respectively.

However

, a similar trend was marked in 1990, when the recycling

rate

slightly decreased by a few per cent in the case of both

materials

. By the

year

1994,

Paper

&

cardboard

became the most recycled material among the others selected for recycling,

also

the recycling

rate

of

Glass

containers

steadily increased by 20% from 1990 to 60% in 2010.

On the other hand

, aluminium

cans

and

Plastics

were chosen for the recycling process in 1986 and 1990.

However

, the amount at which the

cans

were being recycled increased remarkably from around 0.5% in 1986 to about 40.5% in 2010,

although

plastic was the only material whose

recycle

Replace the word

recycling

show examples

rate

was comparatively low with only 0.9% being recycled by the

year

2010.