The line graph provides information on residential recycling rates in the UK, France, and Germany from 2005 up to 2015 with intervals of two years.
Overall, it is clear that the UK and Germany experienced an increase in household recycling rates, while France experienced a steady decline in recycling before the final period. In the end, the UK remained as the country with the highest recycling rate, followed by Germany and France.
In more detail, France was initially the country with the highest recycling rate at a staggering 50 percent, but it steadily dropped to its lowest point of 30 percent in 2013, before experiencing sharp rise back to 40 percent in 2015. Conversely, the UK and Germany had the opposite effect by having their recycle rates increased from approximately 36 percent to 62 percent for the UK, and from 20 percent to roughly 57 percent for Germany throughout the entire time period.
The UK initially had a stable rate of recycling at around forty 40 percent for four years, but it significantly rose to 55% in 2011 before continuing to steadily rise. Germany also had the same effect, albeit slightly less greater than the UK. As a whole, the total amount of litter recycled in household environments had risen in 2005 until 2015.