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25DEC 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.

25DEC 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.
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The bar chart depicts the proportion of four different household
waste
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 recycled in one area from 1992 to 2002.
Overall
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, it can be seen that the proportion of paper
waste
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 and glass
waste
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 showed an upward trend
while
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 that of
cans
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 was quite volatile. Meanwhile, plastic garbage from
household
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 revealed the smallest rate over three-year intervals. Looking in more detail, the
percentages
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percentage
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 of plastic pollution from
house
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houses
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 stood at 10% in 1992, 8% lower than that of
cans
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. Interestingly, the recycling rate of
cans
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 dropped to 13% in 1997,
while
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 that of plastic increased to 12% during the same period, showing a narrow gap.
However
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, the rate of
cans
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 surged to over 20% in 2002, surpassing the figures from previous years.
On the other hand
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, the remaining two categories
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 experienced consistent growth over the ten years. About a quarter of paper
waste
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 was recycled in 1992, and
this
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 figure continued to climb by 5% every 5 years, reaching 38% in 2002.
In contrast
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, the proportion of glass
waste
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 soared significantly from 15% in 1992 to 48% in 2002, making it the highest percentage among all categories in 2002.

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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "while".
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Vocabulary: Replace the words waste, cans 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 "percentages" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "proportion" was used 3 times.
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