The article “Cities Trying to Rejuvenate Recycling Efforts” (USA Today, October 27, 2006) states that the amount of waste collected for recycling has grown slowly in recent years. This statement is supported by the data in the accompanying table. Use these data to construct a time series plot. Explain how the plot is consistent or is not consistent with the given statement.
Year Recycled Waste ( in millions of tons)
1990…………………. 29.7
1991…………………. 32.9
1992…………………. 36.0
1993…………………. 37.9
1994…………………. 43.5
1995…………………. 46.1
1996…………………. 46.4
1997…………………. 47.3
1998…………………. 48.0
1999…………………. 50.1
2000…………………. 52.7
2001…………………. 52.8
2002…………………. 53.7
2003…………………. 55.8
2004…………………. 57.2
2005…………………. 58.4
2006…………………. 56.8