This graph illustrates the percentages of recycling of four different materials in a certain country between 1982 and 2010.
Overall, paper and cardboard are the most recycled material, followed by glass containers and aluminium cans, while plastics has the lowest recycling percent .
It is obvious that the most recycled materials are paper and cardboard, started from a recycling rate of around 65% in 1982, then witnessed a small increase to 70% by 1986, followed by a decrease to 65% in 1990. Former then reached its highest recycling rate in 1994 with 80%, before facing a steady decline to 70% till 2010. On the other hand, for the lowest recycled material, plastics, the graph reports data only from 1990, showing a small consistent increase from less than 5% to roughly 9% till 2010.
Glass containers started from exactly 50% rate in 1982, then fell to 40% by 1990, and steadily rose again until the end of the given period, reaching a 60% rate peak.
The graph shows data only from 1986 for aluminium cans, which saw a steady but consistent increase from about 5% rate to more or less that 45% rate.