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 bar chart illustrates four types of

waste

Use synonyms

that were processed in a specific town between 2000 and 2010.

It is clear that

Linking Words

the most significant groups of

waste

Use synonyms

that were recycled were metal and paper,

whereas

Linking Words

plastic and cans were not so frequently taken for recycling.

Overall

Linking Words

, the volumes of recycled

waste

Use synonyms

increased significantly over the period. Focusing first on the two substantial groups of

waste

Use synonyms

, in 2000, approximately 10% of paper and the same percentage of metal were passed on to garbage-processed plants,

while

Linking Words

by 2005, the corresponding figures rose by nearly 10% and 20%, respectively. Regarding 2010, the trend of increase remained unchanged, with 30% of paper and 40% of metal

waste

Use synonyms

. As for the

remainin

Correct your spelling

remaining

groups, from 2000 to 2005, the capacity of plastic and

cans

Correct subject-verb agreement

can

show examples

materials was at the level of roughly 10% for each of them, as opposed to a sharp increase

of

Change preposition

in

show examples

these figures by the end of the period, when nearly 25% of plastic and 35% of cans were sent for processing.