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The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries in three different years over a twenty-year period. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below shows the amount of waste production (in millions of tonnes) in six different countries in three different years over a twenty-year period. Summaries the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The chart illustrates the quantity of
waste
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, measured in millions of
tonnes
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, produced by six countries—Ireland, Japan,
Korea
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, Poland, Portugal, and the US—in the years 1980, 1990, and 2000. For 20 years, the US consistently ranked as the largest
waste
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 producer among these six countries, with its
waste
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production
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 reaching the highest level by 2000. Except for
Korea
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,
waste
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production
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 generally increased across the board from 1980 to 2000. In 1980, the US generated the largest amount of
waste
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, at 131
million
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tonnes
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,
while
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 Japan, the second-largest
waste
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 producer, produced only 28
million
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tonnes
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. Following these two were Poland, Portugal, and Ireland, with much smaller figures of 4
million
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, 2
million
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, and 0.6
million
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tonnes
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, respectively. By 1990 and 2000, the US remained the largest
waste
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 producer, with its
waste
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 output rising to 151
million
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tonnes
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 and 192
million
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tonnes
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, respectively. From 1980 to 2000,
while
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 most countries saw a significant rise in
waste
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production
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,
Korea
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 was the exception. In 1990,
Korea
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 produced 31
million
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tonnes
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 of
waste
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; by 2000,
this
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 figure had dropped to 19
million
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tonnes
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.
In contrast
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, the other five countries experienced a clear upward trend in
waste
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production
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, with the US showing the most dramatic increase, rising by 61
million
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tonnes
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 over the period.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words waste, tonnes, korea, production, million with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
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