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The chart below shows the waste disposal in one European Country in four years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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WhyThis is aBar chart — it asks you to compare the most important categories.
SoWe split the points intoOverview(the biggest differences or patterns)andKey features(figures and comparisons worth reporting).
Overall, there was a pronounced decrease in the reliance on landfill, which coincided with a significant rise in the use of burning.
While landfill was the most dominant method at the beginning of the period, burning had surpassed it to become the primary disposal method by the end.
In 2005, landfill was by far the most common method, accounting for 1800 million tonnes of waste.
Dumping at sea was the second most utilized method, at approximately 600 million tonnes, while burning was the least common, at just 500 million tonnes.
Over the following three years, the amount of waste sent to landfill plummeted, falling to 600 million tonnes by 2008.
Conversely, the quantity of waste disposed of by burning increased steadily, finishing at approximately 900 million tonnes.
Dumping at sea saw a slight fluctuation but ended marginally lower, at around 550 million tonnes.
As a result of these trends, burning overtook landfill in 2008 to become the most-used disposal method.
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The bar chart illustrates the average amount of waste, in millions of tonnes, managed by three different disposal methods—landfill, burning, and dumping at sea—in a specific European nation between 2005 and 2008.
Over the following three years, the amount of waste sent to landfill plummeted, falling to 600 million tonnes by 2008.
Conversely, the quantity of waste disposed of by burning increased steadily, finishing at approximately 900 million tonnes.
Dumping at sea saw a slight fluctuation but ended marginally lower, at around 550 million tonnes.
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Overall, there was a pronounced decrease in the reliance on landfill, which coincided with a significant rise in the use of burning.
While landfill was the most dominant method at the beginning of the period, burning had surpassed it to become the primary disposal method by the end.
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