Describing Visual Data - C1 English Writing — Exercise 3
Study the table and complete the report with the expressions in the box.
Word box: by contrast – declined steadily – far fewer – Overall – projected – respectively – rose – sharpest growth
The table compares the quantity of five types of household waste generated per person in 2010 and 2020, together with a forecast for 2030.
___, food and paper waste are expected to continue falling, while plastic and electronic waste follow the opposite pattern. Glass changes comparatively little.
Food waste ___ from 96 kilograms in 2010 to 82 in 2020 and is forecast to reach 65 kilograms by 2030. Paper displays a similar but more pronounced downward trend. ___, plastic waste ___ from 38 to 57 kilograms during the first decade and is ___ to reach 72 kilograms in 2030.
Electronic waste records the ___, increasing from only 8 kilograms in 2010 to a predicted 34 kilograms. Glass, meanwhile, stands at 31, 29 and 27 kilograms in the three years, ___. Even at its forecast peak, electronic waste remains lower than plastic, although the gap narrows considerably. By 2030, households are expected to discard ___ kilograms of paper than they did in 2010.