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European Household Recycling Trends

The line graph shows domestic waste recycling rates in the UK, France, and Germany from 2005 to 2015, with France initially having the highest home recycling rate of 50% but ending with the UK on top at over 60%. While the UK and Germany saw recycling rates rise steadily to 55% and 45% by 2011, France experienced a significant drop to 35% in the first six years before fluctuating around 40% through 2015.

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European Household Recycling Trends

The line graph shows domestic waste recycling rates in the UK, France, and Germany from 2005 to 2015, with France initially having the highest home recycling rate of 50% but ending with the UK on top at over 60%. While the UK and Germany saw recycling rates rise steadily to 55% and 45% by 2011, France experienced a significant drop to 35% in the first six years before fluctuating around 40% through 2015.

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The line graph gives information about the home recycling rates in different European countries,

namely the UK, France, and Germany during a 10 – year period, starting from 2005.

Overall, the domestic waste recycled rates in the UK and Germany saw an upward trend, while the
proportion of household recycling in France illustrated a different pattern. At first, France had the
highest home recycling rate; however, at the end of the period, the UK became the top among the
three countries.

In 2005, the domestic recycling rates of France were 50%, whereas the recycling rates of the UK
and Germany were 35% and 20% respectively. Over the following 6 years, the rates of home
recycling in France significantly fell to 35%, while the figures for the UK and Germany experienced
a rapid rise to 55% and 45% respectively.

Between 2011 and 2015, the UK’s proportion of household recycling increased to over 60% and
that of Germany also went up to nearly 60%. By contrast, the amount of waste recycled in families
by France fluctuated and climbed considerably to 40% in 2015.

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