The line graph illustrates the percentage of 4 things – paper & cardboard, glass containers, aluminium cans and plastics – that were recycled in an unspecified country between 1982 and 2010. Overall, when compared to 1982, the total percentage of recycling increased over the years. While the amount / proportion of recycled aluminium cans and plastics had seen a steady increase, paper & cardboard and glass containers had some fluctuations until 1994. The percentage of recycled aluminium cans increased from just 5% in 1983 to 45% in 2010. Plastics recycling also saw an improvement from less than 5% to 9% in 2010. In contrast, glass containers reuse had initially fallen by 10% in 8 years but then, from 1990 it had a steady rise and reached 60% in 2010. Paper & cardboard recycling had also seen fluctuations in the beginning but then reached its peak at 80% in 1994 and then steadily dropped to reach 70% in 2010. Even though there were fluctuations in the recycling rate of paper and cardboard and glass containers over the given period, the general trend was upward. While paper and cardboard were the most recycled items throughout the given period, plastic was the least recycled thing