The line graph illustrates the regional household recycling rates in the UK, France and Germany from the year 2005 to 2015.
Overall, the reusing rates of the UK and Germany showed a gradual yet significant rise over a decade, while the percentage of the recycled rates in France had experience in a downward trend.
In 2005, the reclying rates of the Great Britain and Germany were approximately 34% and 20% respectively. Germany’s rate had increased sharply throughout the period, surpassing France’s rate in 2009 and almost reaching across 60% in the end of the period. Meanwhile, the percentage of the recycling waste in the UK rose up to 40% in 2007 and then remained steady in 2009. During the 2009-2011 it experienced a rapid surge to more than 50% and continued with an gradual increase to 60% in 2015.
In early 2005 the recycling rate of France was the most dominant among these countries with the rate of 50%. However it dramatically declined to 30% by the year 2013. Then, in 2015 there was a growth of 10% yet it remained the lowest rate by the end of the decade.
