The table below shows the amount of waste production (in million tonnes) in six different countries over twenty years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The table below shows the amount of waste production (in million tonnes) in six different countries over twenty years. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.
The table compares how much
waste
was produced by six countries in 1980, 1990, and 2000. In general, the output of
waste
in most countries has increased over the past 20 years except for Korea.
According to
the table, the US was the country which generated the most production of
waste
with the number of 131 million tonnes than any other nation.
By comparison
, Ireland had the lowest amount of
waste
, 0.6 million tonnes. After two decades, the US remained the largest amount of rubbish among other nations and the figure was 192.
On the other hand
, Ireland has kept fewer amounts of rubbish and the figure was 5.
Similarly
, the production in Portugal was
also
5. Regarding other states, Japan fabricated 28 million tonnes of litter in 1980, 32 in 1990, and 53 after one decade.
Moreover
, Poland and Portugal have produced comparable amounts of litter over 20 years and
also
the statistics usually are not over 10.
Besides
, the statistics still climbed from 2 to 5 in Portugal and 4 to 6.6 in Poland.
Additionally
, it is worth noting that Korea, is the only country which has reduced the output of rubbish from 31 in 1990 to 19 in 2000.
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  • peak
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  • comparison
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