The line graph provides information about the rate of household recycling in the UK,

France and Germany over the period from 2005 to 2015.

It can be seen that the rates of recycling in the UK and Germany both experienced significant improvements, rising to
first and second place respectively. In contrast, the rate in France witnessed a steady fall,
dropping from first to third place overall, despite recovering in the last two years.

Turning to the detail, the average recycling rate in the UK initially grew from 35% to 40%
in 2007, and then flattened out until 2009, after which it increased significantly, ending
the period with the highest figure at over 60%. Recycling in Germany also shot up
dramatically during the period but more steadily than in the UK, rising from 20% in 2005
to well over 55% in 2015.

By contrast, despite starting with the highest figure, there was a remarkable fall in France
from an initial 50% to only 30% in 2013. There was a recovery at the end of the period,
finishing with a rate of approximately 40%.
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 Question: The line graph below shows the household recycling rates in
three different countries between 2005 and 2015.

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INTRODUCTION
The graph shows the rate of household recycling in The graph provides information about the rates of
three countries from 2005 to 2015. household recycling in the UK, France and Germany
over a period of 10 years.
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OVERVIEW
It can be seen that the rates in the UK and Germany
It is obvious that the rate of UK and Germany experienced a sharp increase, ending the period at
increase very well while the rate of France fell sharp 1st and 2nd place respectively. By contrast, that of
and then increase again. France witnessed a steady fall before slightly
recovering in the last two years.
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BODY 1
Looking at the graph in more detail, the average recycling rate
The rate of UK increase from 35% to 40% in the first four in the UK grew marginally from 35% to 40% in 2007, and then
months, then no change from 2007 to 2009. About the remained stable until 2009. After that, it increased more
Germany, it is increase all period from 20% to almost 60%. speedily to a peak of just over 60%. Similarly, the figure for
Surprisingly, the rate of France in the beginning is really high Germany experienced a remarkable growth from 20% in 2005
(50%), then go down to 30% in 2003. to approximately 32% in 2009, and continued to rise to about
57% at the end of the period.
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The figure for UK increased fastly from 40% to almost By contrast, the rate in France declined remarkably
60% between 2009 and 2011 then steadily to the last. from a high point of 50% in 2005 to a bottom of 30%
There was a steadily rise about the rate of Germany in 2013. In spite of undergoing a slight recovery in the
from 2011 to 2015, about 20%. The figure for France last two years, the figure only finished at 3rd place.
also rose about 10% between 2013 and 2015.