The graph below shows percentages of types of waste that were recycled in a town between 2000 and 2010. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart compares the recycling rates of four different categories of waste—plastic,

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, paper, and metal—in a specific area from 2000 to 2010.

It is clear that

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the percentages of all types of waste saw a continuous increase between 2000 and 2010, except for

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the recycling of metal almost remained at the highest levels across the broad over the ten-year period, the recycling of plastic stood at the lowest levels during the same period. In 2000, the recycling proportions of plastic,

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, paper, and metal stood at around 10%, 13%, 12% and 12%, respectively. By 2010, these figures all increased significantly, reaching approximately 25%, 35%, 29%, and 40%. Obviously, except for

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, whose recycling rate experienced a slight decline in 2005, from 13% in 2000 to 12% by 2005, other numbers rose consistently during the ten-year period.

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, metal was the highest recycled waste between 2000 and 2010, except for 2000, with a recycling percentage of 12%, lower than the figure for

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. In 2005 and 2010, the percentages of metal that were recycled were about 29% and 40% separately, higher than shares for the other three types of waste in the same years.

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, the percentages of plastic recycled remained at the lowest levels from 2000 to 2010.