Band 6+: 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. Write at least 150 words.

The bar chart compares the percentages of four waste material that were recycled in a town in the years 2000, 2005, and 2010.

Overall, it is clear that the town’s efforts on recycling waste materials were greatly improved. These four waste materials were recycled around a similar data in 2000, but metal and cans products were mostly recycled at the end of this period.

In 2000, plastic, cans, paper, and metal products were recycled under 15%. Five years later, the town improved on three categories which were plastic, paper and metal products. The most noticeable improvement was the metal products, it jumped from 11% to 29% during five years. Following by the recycled amount of paper (18%) and plastic (11%). However, the recycling efforts for cans dropped from 14% in 2000 to 12% in 2005.

In 2010, the town made a great improvement in recycling work. The wasted metal products were recycled at 40%. But the biggest change was the recycling of cans at around 35% in 2010, a twofold increase compared to 2005. The efforts of plastic and paper recycling also went up to 25% and 29% respectively.