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.

The bar chart shows the one city that recycled various types of household waste from 1992 to 2002.

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, the

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of all materials experienced different trends in the time period.

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the

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of

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and paper rose each year, plastic and cans remained almost stable. It is obvious that the proportion of plastic did not change in 1997 and 2002;

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, it was a little bit less in 1992, which constituted approximately 15%. The cans, which showed a similar

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in 1997 as in

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and paper. Regarding the

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of household recycling showed about 15% in 1992 .

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, in 1997, the proportion was illustrated just below 30% and rose to around 50% in 2002 . The

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of recycling paper was

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like a

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figure starts with about 15% and in 2002 it rose significantly to around 40%.