The chart below shows the percentages of different types of household waste that were recycled in one city between 1992 and 2002. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should write at least 150 words.

The bar chart depicts the proportion of household waste recycled across four categories of materials in a specific city from 1992 to 2002.

Overall

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, it can be seen that paper and glass showed an ascending trend over the period,

while

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cans

was

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were

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quite volatile and plastic remained stable and

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showed

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the

least

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lowest

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percentage. Looking in more detail, as the percentage of plastic garbage was almost 10% in 1992, it increased slightly to around 12% by 1997 and 2002. During the same period, the figure for cans pollution varied substantially, starting at around 17% in 1997 before dropping to 13% and rebounding in 2002, reaching a final value of nearly a quarter. Meanwhile, the two remaining categories in

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picture showed that the rate of rubbish recycled increased

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five years. In detail, paper recycling, which was approximately 25% climbed by over 5%, and reached nearly 40%

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the

last

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year.

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, glass recycling started at 17%, rose to 27% and

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skyrocketed to surpass the others at 48%, showing the highest number in 2002.