The provided line chart illustrates the percentage of household recycling in the UK, France, and Germany in a span of 10 years from 2005 to 2015.
Overall, after analyzing the graph, it can be observed that there was a significant increase in the recycling rates in the UK and Germany by 2015, whereas rates in France had diminished by the same year.
To begin with, Over a span of 5 years from 2004 to 2009, the recycling rate in France had a rapid decline until reaching 40% in 2009, while in the UK and Germany, it had a moderate rise, reaching around 40% and 30% respectively. Moreover, the year 2009 was the only year that both the UK and Germany were equal in recycling rate, which was nearly 40%. After that, rates in both them had gradually increased to 60% and 56% in 2015 respectively, whereas recycling among French has declined to 40% in 2015, after reaching its lowest percentage, which was 30% in 2013. In addition, it is expected that rates of recycling in Germany will exceed British rates in the next 5 years.