The line graph illustrates percentages of household recycling in the UK, France, and Germany over a 10-year period of time.
Overall, it is evident that three countries showed different types of trends throughout the period. While France had the highest percentages at the beginning of the period, this place was replaced by the UK at the end of the period.
Looking at the diagram in more detail, in 2005, the recycling rates in the UK were only at approximately 35 percent, then experienced a slight growth until 2009, and reached at 40 percent. Afterward, the UK had a gradual increase and accounted for just over 60 percent in 2015.
However, household recycling in France accounted for 50 percent in 2015, had a gradual downward trend until 2013, when it reached 30 percent . By contrast, Germany experienced an upward trend throughout the period, exceeding France’s recycling rates in 2009, At the end of the period, these household recycling proportions peaked just below the rates in the UK, at approximately 50 percent.