The chart below shows the percentages of different types of household waste that were recycled in one city between 1992 and 2002. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The chart represents the proportion of four different types of household waste which a city recycled in 1992, 1997,

2002

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and 2002

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.

Overall

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, despite a slight drop in a type of recycled waste (Cans), it’s obvious that an increasing number of household wastes of every category

had

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have

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been recycled in all the given periods.

To begin

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with, plastic started at 10% in 1992 before increasing to around 12%, and

maintained

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remained

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at

this

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number until 2002. As for cans, it went from the highest number with almost 20% at the beginning to the lowest at about 12%

which

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, which

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is the same figure

with

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as

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plastic before rising back in 2002 to more than 20%. In terms of paper, it began with about 12% before skyrocketing to around 30% in 1997, and improved to close to 40% in 2002.

Then

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the next point is glass,

it

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which

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began with the same figure

with

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as

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paper

rising

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, rising

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to more than 25% in 1997. After an increase, the glass proportion touched the peak at almost 50% in 2002.