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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 bar chart illustrates the percentage of categories of
waste
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 recycled in a town from 2000 to 2010.
Overall
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,
it is clear that
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 the proportion of
plastic
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,
cans
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,
paper
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, and metal that were recycled continued to increase from 2000 to 2010. Metal had the highest percentage of
waste
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 recycled,
while
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plastic
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 had the lowest in total. In 2000, the rate of
plastic
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,
cans
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,
paper
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, and metal
were
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was
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 around 10% to 12% of
waste
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 recycled, where
paper
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 and metal were around 11%,
cans
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 had about 12%, and
plastic
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 had only 10% of toal. Prior to
this
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, in 2005, metal was the most reused item
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 a
liitle
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little
 short of 40%, followed by 18% of reused
paper
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. Meanwhile, only 11% of
plastic
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 and
cans
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 were recycled. The figure showed that four types of
waste
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 that were recycled experienced a
dramatically
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dramatic
 increase in 2010, where metal
growing
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grew
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 at a fast pace to approximately 40% of
waste
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 recycled.
Similarly
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,
plastic
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 and
paper
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's growth in
reused
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reuse
also
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 plateaued at around 25% and 29%.
Although
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 the number of reused
cans
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 had significantly reduced by 1% from 2000 to 2005, it reached 34% in 2010. In conclusion, the amount of
waste
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 that
were
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was
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 recycled by villagers between 2000
to
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and
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 2010 increased. It may
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due
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be due
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 to the effective government policies.

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Vocabulary: Replace the words waste, plastic, cans, paper with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "around" was used 3 times.
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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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