The graphic below displays the contribution of 4 materials during the timeline between 1982 and 2010 in a specific country .
Overall
, the glass containers illustrate a steady rise over the past few years , whilst the paper and cardboard show a moderate drop during the same Linking Words
time
period . The only material which stays constant for years and is recycled less than any is plastic.
Over the long Use synonyms
time
period , paper and cardboard have a slight decrease from 80 to 70 Use synonyms
percent
in the Change the spelling
per cent
last
14 years . Glass containers , Linking Words
on the other hand
, represented an increase by 10 Linking Words
percent
during the same Change the spelling
per cent
time
period .
The sole material which plateaued for a long Use synonyms
time
is plastics . The figure for plastics shows no change between 1990 to 2002 , Use synonyms
then
the proportion showed a slight rise in 2010 .Linking Words