The line graph depicts the percentage of regional household recycling in the UK, France, and Germany from 2005 to 2015.
Overall, The percentages of household recycling in the UK and Germany experienced upward trends through the period shown, but this graph showed a decline in France.
France’s rate stood at the highest position in the initial year, about 50%, yet it went down gradually until it reached the lowest point in 2013 at 30%. However, the rate of household recycles significantly rose 10% from 2013 to 2015 and it was responsible for the third position in three countries.
In contrast to France, the percentage of Germany’s had a stable growth. It reached its lowest point in 2005 (20%) and increased quite fast until the figure of 45% in 2011. Then it maintained moderate growth in the next four years before peaking at the highest point in 2015 (just 56%). In the UK, it rose from about 35% to 40 % in 2007 and remained the same rate in two years. Then it had a sharp climb to about 55% in 2011 and still rose gradually and reached about 60% in 2015