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 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.
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The presented bar chart compares data about the proportion of 4 various materials namely, plastic, cans, paper, and metal that were recycled in a city from 2000 to 2010.
Overall
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, it was important that the percentage of recycling climbed over the period of one decade.
According to
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the diagram, plastic, the
last
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material in recycling all the time, reached 10% in the beginning;
thereafter
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, it rose moderately to approximately a quarter in 2010. Cans, having the highest portion of recycling their waste in 2000, hit just under 15% at first;
then
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they reduced slightly to the minimum point at roughly 10%.
However
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, it increased overwhelmingly to nearly one-third in 2010. The graph demonstrates that paper and metal scored almost the same fraction at just over 10% after that, metal leapt enormously to 40%, the main recycling item, in 2010.
In addition
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, another element went up significantly to just under 30% in 2010.
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Vocabulary: The word "just under" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Percentage
  • Recycling rates
  • Type of waste
  • Decade
  • Increase / Decrease
  • Trends
  • Fluctuation
  • Comparison
  • Significant change
  • Observation
  • Underlying factors
  • Technological influences
  • Environmental impact
  • Societal influence
  • Waste management policies
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