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BEST IELTS Academic Writing Task 1, 31st May
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
IELTS ACADEMIC WRITING TASK 1
The pie charts below give information about the composition of household rubbish in the United Kingdom in two different years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The pie charts show the data on different components of household rubbish in the United Kingdom in 1985 and 2002.
Overall, the percentage of most components of household rubbish remained stable from 1985 to 2002 apart from kitchen/organic waste and paper. Moreover, dust and cinders were disappeared and miscellaneous were added in 2002.
The percentage of kitchen/organic waste jumped from 28% in 1985 to 44% in 2002, which represented the biggest increase in that period of time. By contrast, paper waste was significantly reduced from 36% to 16% in 1985 and in 2002, respectively.
The proportion of plastic waste remained the same in both years, at 7%. The UK’s household rubbish in 1985 saw a similar figure for wood with 5% and textile with 3%. The miscellaneous which did not appear in 1985 represented 17%, while dust and cinders which were at 8% in household rubbish in 1985, disappeared in 2002.
