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Sample Answer 52 
The charts illustrate how recycling is carried out in Eutopia, and the pie charts show the 
percentage of recycled and unrecycled waste 
 
The charts provide information about recycling in Eutopia in three different years, 
namely 1980, 1990 and 2000. 
The column chart shows that the percentage of recycled waste collected from 
people's homes decreased from over three quarters to just over 70%. The percentage 
of recycled material taken to allocated areas increased between 1980 and 1990 but 
remained steady at 18% in 2000. 
The amount of recycling done from items that were returned to their original starting 
point decreased in 1990 by 2%, but then increased to 8% in 2000. The category 
labelled 'other' decreased by 1% then remained stable at 2% for the final two given 
years. 
The pie charts indicate a threefold increase in the amount of waste recycled between 
1990 and 1990 from 7% up to 22%. In 2000, this figure had continued to increase, 
although at a less dramatic rate, finishing at one third of waste being recycled. 
Overall, it can be seen that recycling increased over the time displayed, while the 
percentage collected from each house gradually decreased. 
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