The line graph gives information regarding the ratio of four different materials such as paper & cardboard, glass containers, alumininium cans and plastics that were recycled between1982 to 2010 in particular country.
Overall, it is clear that almost all four shows upward trend. However, aluminium cans incresed dramatically while plasctic shows least one.
In 1982, the reuse of glass containers was at 50% while, paper & cardboard were almost 65% respectively. Paper & cardboard show fluctuation next 8 years while, glass container reached at 40% and plastic was approximately 4% in that time. In 1986, the recovery of aluminium cans was about 5% respectively. It went up and reached at almost 15% in 1994. Whereas, plastic remain static while glass containers and paper & cardboard soared to 50% and 80%.
The recycling of paper & cardboard plunged dramatically from 1994 to 2010 and reached at 70%. In the same time, glass containers rapidly grow to 60%. However, reprocess of plastic rose slightly to just under 9%. While, aluminium cans abruptly skyrocketed to nearly 45%.