The graph illustrates the percentage of recycling for four different materials from 1982 to 2010. These include: paper and cardboard, glass containers, aluminium cans, and plastics.
Overall, the rest of the materials show consistent growth until 2010. Paper and cardboard materials are an exception to that due to a decline in 1994.
Two types of materials are recycled in relatively big percentages, which are paper and cardboard and glass containers. Regarding paper and cardboard waste products, we can see that before starting with a 65% of recycling rate in 1982, it fluctuated before reaching its peak of 80% in 1994. After that, this product didn’t experience any increase. As we move on to glass containers, the percentage of their recycling is slightly less than the top one, but it still started with 50% in 1982 and decreased by 5% every year, reaching 40% in 1990. After this, it shows a consistent rise and hit 60% in 2010.
The remaining two materials, aluminium cans and plastics, represent only a consistent rise in the rate of recycling. Aluminium cans were recycled starting from 1986 at only 5%. Despite this, it showed a continous level up series until 2010 and reaching 45%. However plastics waste material began being recycled from 1990 and didn’t go above 10% even in 2010.
