The line graph below shows the household recycling rates in three different countries between 2005 and 2015.

The line graph presents the proportion of household waste recycled by three different nations from 2005 to 2015.

Overall

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, the recycling rates in both the United Kingdom and Germany increased,

while

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France recorded a downward trend. Looking in more detail, the UK’s recycling rate rose slightly from 35% in 2005 to 40% in 2007, and

subsequently

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remained steady over the next two years. From 2009 onwards, it climbed steadily to reach just over 60% in 2015, despite growth slowing after 2011. In Germany,

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its rate was the lowest during the first five years, it rose gradually throughout the period.

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figure grew from 20% in 2005 to around 55% in the final year.

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, France began with the highest recycling rate, at 55% in 2005, and stayed higher than other two countries at 45% in 2007. Its share

then

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declined by roughly twenty percentage points to about 30% in 2013, before recovering to nearly 40% by 2015.