Overall this chart showcases the different quantities of waste discarded, related to a number of materials in a particular country between the given years, 1960 and 2011.
In 1960 paper, textiles, food and the “others” category indicated the highest number of waste disposals at the given period. Paper was predominantly the highest quantity with 25% closely followed by textiles with 17% while food and others had the same value with 12%. The rest of the materials which were green waste, metal, glass and plastic conversely had low amounts of disposals during the year with percentages of 9%, 8%, 5% and 8% respectively. Wood was the least waste that was disposed of showing only a meager 4%
In 2011 paper, textiles and the others category significantly decreased. The others category got more than halved compared to 1960 while paper and textiles also showed a steep descent. On the other hand food and plastic indicated an increment of 9% and 10% respectively taking them to 21% and 18%. Wood went up by 100% moving the number of disposals from 4% in 1960 to 8%. The rest of the categories showed minimal to zero change with metal only showing an increase of 1% in comparision with 1960. This indicates a drastic move in the amount of materials bring discarded.