switzerland and luxembourg

woah... really?

... yes ... really: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

... yes ... really: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/20/world/asia/20japan.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

thats just ridiculous, do they really expect criminals to fall for that trick? :bash:

I believe the crime rates in Japan are much lower than in europe...

Below is the top 20 performers of the recently published "2007 Worldwide Corruption Perceptions ranking of countries" by Transparency International

So? Maybe this list is corrupt as well...

I think nordic countries, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Finland come to mind.

I've no clue, but I just know it isn't India...

The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and Norway

I think Rome or Tokyo, they have laws such as you can't spit your gum out in the streets or you'll be punished.. that's pretty clean in my book. Or maybe it was paris.. i forget.

I think Rome or Tokyo, they have laws such as you can't spit your gum out in the streets or you'll be punished.. that's pretty clean in my book. Or maybe it was paris.. i forget.

I went to Rome and it was dirty for a modern city. There were a lot of graffity and trash on the street. The hotel that I was living in Rome might not have been the best place in Rome there were a lot of dog crap all over the street.
However, Rome was a great city to visit!

New Zealand is pretty spotless, especially outside Auckland...

Me heard that it is Japan .

Of all the places I have visted (incl. most of European main cities, Asian cities, Australian and US cities), Japan was by far the cleanest. Most cities are let down by the graffiti, chewing gum on the street etc in other pars of the world.

I went to Rome and it was dirty for a modern city. There were a lot of graffity and trash on the street. The hotel that I was living in Rome might not have been the best place in Rome there were a lot of dog crap all over the street.
However, Rome was a great city to visit!

Well I heard somewhere in Europe I wasn't sure if it was rome or paris, or either. But yeah i've seen a lot of shows and pics of rome, it does look dirty. And i'm not even sure if it was tokyo, it might have been seoul.. Dang it!! why can't I remember??!!

i don't know which country but to me london is the cleanest city

my vote goes to japan too...cleanliness is ingrained in their culture

singapore comes close, but credit goes more to the sheer determination of the government and the relentless army of foreign cleaners the city imports.

i don't know which country but to me london is the cleanest city
Where in London have you been?!? :nuts:

Switzerland or Austria.

i have a feeling this title belongs to singapore. i heard (HEARD) that you could get whipped 20 times er something like that for littering, even if you're a tourist. sounds kinda harsh but if ya think of it, for a country that size, it kinda makes sense. (im totally unreliable guys, so don't take my word for it)

I really think Japan come first.

singopore and new zealand

can we really generalize a whole country as clean or not clean? a huge percentage of many countries is rural and rural areas in general are squeaky clean.

can we really generalize a whole country as clean or not clean? a huge percentage of many countries is rural and rural areas in general are squeaky clean.

In Germany, rural areas are much cleaner than urban areas.

I think Island cuz the population isnt so big there!

New Zealand and Singapore.:yes:

^^ NZ? Hell no. Singapore, yes.

Singapore, Japan, Holland, New Zealand, Switzerland...

Hong Kong of course! So clean, nothing dirty on the street!
Holland? I live there and I can tell you it's one of the most dirty country's in the word, everywhere is paper and gum on the street, everyone puts everything on the street, too dirty, and almost each subway station is full of gravity!

Hong Kong of course! So clean, nothing dirty on the street!
Holland? I live there and I can tell you it's one of the most dirty country's in the word, everywhere is paper and gum on the street, everyone puts everything on the street, too dirty, and almost each subway station is full of gravity!

I'd be worried if the stations weren't full of gravity. Might make for interesting commuting.

Also, Hong Kong is pretty dirty...

i don't know which country but to me london is the cleanest city

:lol:

I'd be worried if the stations weren't full of gravity. Might make for interesting commuting.

Also, Hong Kong is pretty dirty...

I was there a few weeks ago: IMO the most clean place I've ever seen! Maybe it has to do that Holland is so dirty that every city is extremely clean for me.
About London, not very dirty but also not very clean imo... ;)

Mexico could be the cleanest country around the world!!!!

Switzerland or Norway

^^ NZ? Hell no. Singapore, yes.

And why's that?

And why's that?

Because Auckland is fairly dirty, and so are quite a few other little towns that I've been to such as Hamilton. Of course, there are outstandingly clean places (Tauranga springs to mind), but I'd not call it the cleanest country I've visited by a long way.

singapore!!

Maybe New Zealand?

Is Singapore!!!

North Korea. It has the cleanest air in the world.

sorry to say, no offence, seoul has the serious air pollution.

sorry to say, no offence, seoul has the serious air pollution.

Since when has Seoul been in North Korea?

Didn't go through the whole thread....but Monaco wins hands down IMHO. That place is like Disney World clean.

Steve

Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Finland.

Singapore, Japan and Swizerland by far

Singapore, Finland, Norway, Canada, Austria and Switzerland (except the city centers).

In many countries, areas directly near where tourists go are usually very clean and tidy. Areas include anything from major parks and landmarks, traffic islands on main corridors near airports, tourist attractions etc.

Go away from those areas and the picture changes drastically.

Take Cairo, Egypt for example. The route from the Airport takes you through wide clean boulevards with nicely manicured gardens down the central median. The only downside is from the dust and sand that blows in from the desert which you can't ping them for since it is a natural pollutant.

Go off the track onto some roads through less touristed areas and it is vastly different. Dirt and trash piled up metres deep in the dozens of shantytowns and so on.

So being subjective by not including major touristed areas, of countries I've been to that I think reflects the cleanest areas of a "typical local neighbourhood in a major urban centre" then I think the Nordic countries top it (I believe Singapore is great too but I haven't stopped over there).

Moving to rural areas that aren't developed (eg: not farming areas etc) then Iceland would probably come first ahead of NZ, which while I am a proud NZ'er, much of our natural biodiversity is being destroyed by all the plant and animal pests that were introduced by our ancestors a couple of hundred years ago.

You know the best places on earth would really have to be places that few humans go to for one reason or another. Antarctica, Greenland, South Western Corner of NZ, Central Australia, Northern Siberia (away from the Nuke testing areas of course), Middle of the Sahara desert, middle of the amazon, remote parts of borneo and so on.

Put us humans there... and we'll wreck it.

I can only judge about countries I've been to. Singapore, Japan and Canada are all pretty clean.

Singapore off course :nuts:

Take Singapore out of the list guys. I am a Singaporean. If you guys want to see the true cleanliness level of Singapore, go and visit the neighbourhood areas in the evening and early morning, before the cleaners start their work. You will be either disgusted by how dirty the place is or will be real impressed with the authorities for being able to portray a good image of Singapore being clean. Take this saying into consideration. "It's ok to litter the area, the cleaners will clean up for me." If any of you think that this thinking is great and there's nothing wrong with it, then yes Singapore is clean.

Take a look at this link.. And this article is 2 years old. And it's worse now.
http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20060708/060820-1.htm

First of all, I give extra credit to countries that have large population and/or are densely populated but are still able to maintain, relative, cleanliness.

Having said that, Japan and Germany have done a great job.

Japan has this extremely-meticulous waste disposal system wherein one needs to sort out one's garbage into 60+ categories.

Ranking (among countries that I've been, so far):
1. Japan
2. Germany
3. Australia
4. Singapore
5. New Zealand

Take Singapore out of the list guys. I am a Singaporean. If you guys want to see the true cleanliness level of Singapore, go and visit the neighbourhood areas in the evening and early morning, before the cleaners start their work. You will be either disgusted by how dirty the place is or will be real impressed with the authorities for being able to portray a good image of Singapore being clean. Take this saying into consideration. "It's ok to litter the area, the cleaners will clean up for me." If any of you think that this thinking is great and there's nothing wrong with it, then yes Singapore is clean.

Take a look at this link.. And this article is 2 years old. And it's worse now.
http://www.wildsingapore.com/news/20060708/060820-1.htm

lol, isn't it a good thing there are people cleaning it up so that it's clean during the day?

I don't think there's a single city that gets cleaned by itself, without the aid of workers!

Switzerland.

Of course, I have never been there, but I have the thought of it being a clean, prosperous state where you can keep your money safe in. I'd like to keep this thought, thank you. :cool:

Japan, and the countries in Scandinavia seem clean too.

Republic of Kiribati.

Belarus :dunno:

Or per capita emissions, etc.

The 4 least clean countries based on per capita CO2 emmitions are:
The United States
Australia
New Zealand
Canada


The irony being that Australia and New Zealand aside from some pacific island nations probably have the cleanest air in the world. Simply because per capita emissions are high, but per km2 emissions are very very low, and even though there are plenty of other countries with low emissions, it only takes a change in the direction of the wind to make all the difference. I stayed in Singapore and it was pretty clean, not spotless but then no where is, the air the first few days was pretty good, then the wind changed direction and it wasn't great (not the worst but still polluted) The pollution probably didn't come from Singapore itself though.

Alot of the big emitters for pollution in Australia are mines, which send material overseas for the consumption of other countries. That and we have a gigantic coal storage, there may be some debate over if we would run out of oil before totally destroying the planet or not, but I can tell you we would not run out of coal before then.

1. Places with very low human population density (deserts, arctic areas, high mountains; Greenland, Mongolia, northern Canada, northern Russia...)
2. Isolated places (Islands; pacific islands, Iceland, New Georgia,...)
3. Singapore
4. Scandinavian countries
5.-6. Japan, South Korea
7. Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Austria, Luxembourg
8. nothing :)
9.+ the others :)

dubai

lol, isn't it a good thing there are people cleaning it up so that it's clean during the day?

I don't think there's a single city that gets cleaned by itself, without the aid of workers!

It's a good thing that cleaners do their job well and keep the places clean..

But something is very wrong when the feedback gathered states that the cleaners have to clean up the places more often than before due to the significant increase in amount of rubbish being thrown all over the place. Like I said in the previous post, if you think that this thinking "It's ok to litter the area, the cleaners will clean up for me." is fine, then, like what i have said, yes, Singapore is clean.

And according to surveys being done, more and more youngsters are having this thinking of "It's ok to litter in my house, the maid will clean up the mess. And it's ok to litter the public, cleaners will clean up the mess as well.". If you think that this having this habit is fine, then good for you. Cos to me, I don't think this is the right mentality of having a place clean.. To me, it's every citizen's responsiblity to keep the country clean, not just the cleaners'.

Singapore, Iceland, Switzerland, Japan

In Europe - Baltic States !

The dirtiest countries: Angola, Niger, Somalia, Mali, India, Mexico, and China. China is improving though. Its disgusting seeing mom's letting their little children drop there feces all over the streets. You lose your appetite before you step into a restaurant. (Which they probably don't wash there hands)


include bangladesh in the dirty country cayegory. From experience i will say london is a very dirty place too, the streets are littered with trash and the hospitals {national health service or nhs} is renowned for dirty hospitals and never ending health related problems like MRSA:bash:

No country in Asia that i see is clean because of high populated cities and modernization, the cleanest countries would be like.... Finland, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and Iceland, Iceland especially because it is completely surrounded by water, and they barely release any pollutants except for cars. And the little Gnomes and Elves wouldn't live so long in pollution from such tiny lungs ^_^. :lol:

its hard..it also depends on environment around when u talk about natures bueaty,it probably must be some places with nice environment.so now i just try to consider cleaness arround urban life(means cities which many people are use to c everyday).then now mayb there must be all first world countries.haha
so finaly no particular answer

dubai

It was not very clean when I was there just a few weeks ago. You have to go to the side streets to see the dirt.

First of all, I give extra credit to countries that have large population and/or are densely populated but are still able to maintain, relative, cleanliness.

Having said that, Japan and Germany have done a great job.

Japan has this extremely-meticulous waste disposal system wherein one needs to sort out one's garbage into 60+ categories.

Ranking (among countries that I've been, so far):
1. Japan
2. Germany
3. Australia
4. Singapore
5. New Zealand

Germany is not that clean compared to the rest of Europe. It's much more messy than Holland.

Island

New Zealand. They trade on their clean green image. No nearby dirty neigbours to worry about. They even told their US friends that their nuclear ships were no longer welcome in NZ ports.

and by some1s posted,why is there USA in 4 cleanest country based on emmition of CO2?
if u consider even by capital,USA discharges 20% of that in the world.
and another 20% from china.while other major co2 discharging nations are only 2%-5%.
if they want to do something 4 global warming,these 2 country must make a move.
althought chana is a worlds factory and got terrible number of population..but USA is?

Before the world cup i was expecting Germany to be incredibly clean, just from what you'd believe and the stereotypes. This was also reinforced by a German in a pub toilet in England who apparently attempted some sarcasm with me - 'zis toilet - it is so clean yaa!' despite it being one of the most dirty toilets ive seen in a while.

I could only presume that if thats what he was thinking then all toilets in Germany must be spotless. After all what drunk person in a pub would think that the cleanliness of a toilet is a topic of conversation!

Anyway, when i got to Germany and found it to be of about the same standards as the UK i was pleased after passing through freakisly clean and tidy Netherlands!

The cleanest place ive been has to be Singapore, spotless.

Probably North Korea.

ARGENTINA :lol::lol::lol:

Greenland :D



:)

^^ I think McDonalds makes this city dirty, not the birds which are nature :laugh:


Sorry my friend, but it isn't McDonald's but rather the patrons that use the restaurants. It is us people that are pigs. :bash:

Australia.


Sydney has its nice areas...but there ARE areas which I wouldn't vote the city as being cleanEST. Overall though, Australian cities ARE considered cleaner than others of their size in other parts of the world. :)

Antarctica

:rofl::rofl:By the way....what is the capital of Antarctica?

Antarctica has no cities, permanent residents, government, or capitol.

There isn't one nor is there an official language.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_capital_of_Antarctica

Greetings,
Glodenox

Japan

Given its small size, Singapore is only squeaky clean in the downtown areas. If you look close enough Singapore is not that clean.

Does anyone know what steps Tokyo takes to keep itself clean? Is it their efficient government?

NOT israel. :)

Most probably Iceland.

Norway, Japan and Germany :)

Japan

Island

what island?

I've only ever been to Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, the UK and the US and they're all filthy hellholes [/comic exaggeration] :D

EDIT: I just remembered I've also been to Stockholm which struck me as very clean.

Let's put this to rest once and for all: Norway, Japan, Australia.

I would say Japan.

Singapore really is quite clean, but after travelling around for a bit I've really realised how clean New Zealand is!

規制がないのを考えると日本は綺麗だと思います。

Singapore is the most cleanest country that I have visited for several times before. Under Government law, throwing garbage away on streets and spitting are banned. That's how government is very easy to rule the small-sized island country to be cleanest in the world on the report "The most top in the world" Other cities in Europe and New Zealand, they are somewhat clean, but some suburbans still have some dirty somewhere so they aren't counted on the report to World.....

How do they "take out" the garbage?

How do they "take out" the garbage?
It's recycled back into food.

Why does everybody think Japan?! I think it's one of the most dirtiest countries I can imagine if you look to the enormous amount of CO2 that's in the air.. All those cities like Tokyo, Yokohama etc, are so huge, it can't be good for your health to live there..

Why does everybody think Japan?! I think it's one of the most dirtiest countries I can imagine if you look to the enormous amount of CO2 that's in the air.. All those cities like Tokyo, Yokohama etc, are so huge, it can't be good for your health to live there..

Although I am not sure if it is the cleanest, Japan is one of the forerunners in terms of pollution regulations and air/water purification technology.
Tokyo does not emit as much CO2 compared to a city of the same population because of it's efficient mass-transit system and Tokyo bay is getting cleaner by the year because sewage treatment is done 100%.

It's recycled back into food.

So, it's all on the spot. Everyone has a garbage waste-recycle-to-food device in their homes?

thats disgusting recycling crapp into food ewwww

Well, I'm actually not sure if they actually do that, that's why I would like if someone would detail the process they use or something like that.

Is easier to have cleaned a city (Singapore) or little country (Switzerland, Austria...) than big countries. So it's very difficult to compare a country with 2 million inhabitants than a country with 300 million, or a country with 30.000 km2 than a country with 9.000.000 km2. In that case, we must to compare Singapore with any world city, but not with a country like Canada or Australia. Isn`t reasonable.

i think its Japan..

For me:
Switzerland
Singapore
New Zealand
Australia
Austria
Germany

I live in Germany and I'd say it really depends in which part of Germany you are.
Southern Germany for example can compete with Switzerland. The North Western and the middle are also clean. (and I'm talking not only about pollution itself but also about how the cities look like)
Some parts in East Germany are very clean and well developed but some are dirty I'd say.
Ruhr area has also its ugly parts.

Does anyone know what steps Tokyo takes to keep itself clean? Is it their efficient government?

The people play a huge role. People don't throw cigarettes or chewing gum on the streets for example.

singapore japan and north pole.

Is easier to have cleaned a city (Singapore) or little country (Switzerland, Austria...) than big countries. So it's very difficult to compare a country with 2 million inhabitants than a country with 300 million, or a country with 30.000 km2 than a country with 9.000.000 km2. In that case, we must to compare Singapore with any world city, but not with a country like Canada or Australia. Isn`t reasonable.

it's is not easy to keep even world's smallest city to be kept clean!

as long as you know how to tackle the bureaucracy, then you will be successful. BUREAUCRACY : that's the key!

In Tokyo, I think there is a reverse broken window theory (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Window_Theory) in effect where people sees liter being picked up by others with no litter to be seen so people starts restraining from littering because it stick out like a sore thumb.

Japan.

SG.

i havent been far, but i think hong kong (atleast untill u leave the airport)

indonesia :runaway:

Andorra

Greenland probably takes the crown...


But who cares about this clean shit, anyway? :dunno:

Greenland probably takes the crown...

Greenland isn't a country and the populated areas aren't exactly known for it's "cleanness" :) ( unemployment, drugs and alcohol addiction is a major problem up there )

That said with the amount of rain in the summer and snow in the winter I would expect it to be a fairly clean place.. especially the unpopulated places..

Of course the Yanks had to crash a nuke armed plane up there so there are nukes laying around in the north, so if going tenting be careful when securing the tent :)

Why does everybody think Japan?! I think it's one of the most dirtiest countries I can imagine if you look to the enormous amount of CO2 that's in the air.. All those cities like Tokyo, Yokohama etc, are so huge, it can't be good for your health to live there..You are aware that CO2 is neither a polutent nor a healthrisk in open spaces right?

The humidity and millions of cars do create smug in parts of Japan but car ownership is very low and PT usage high, so compared to just about everywhere you really don't have anything on Japan there..

I think the United Arab Emirates have very clean cities!

Iceland (been there) & Namibia (by looking at the photos).

singapore japan and north pole.

Magnetic or Actual North Pole?

The Magnetic North is [usually] in Canada.

And to add to the discussion... one thing that drives me crazy about Japan is that there are no garbage cans anywhere! I don't know if it's because people don't generally "drink/eat" and "walk" but it amazes me that the streets are so clean despite the lack of waste receptacles.

規制がないのを考えると日本は綺麗だと思います。


Translation: Considering Japan's not policed [with respect to forced cleanliness] I think Japan's [pretty] clean.


I'll add to this that Japan's cleanliness is part cultural and partly ritualistic (ancient shinto practices that made it into mainstream).

Translation: Considering Japan's not policed [with respect to forced cleanliness] I think Japan's [pretty] clean.


I'll add to this that Japan's cleanliness is part cultural and partly ritualistic (ancient shinto practices that made it into mainstream).

Of the places that I have been to, as in no-rubbish-lyingaround, well-kept-everything, Switzerland.

Well, I'm actually not sure if they actually do that, that's why I would like if someone would detail the process they use or something like that.

Sweden is a leader in this - here is some info from Norway:

http://www.umb.no/statisk/ecosan/publications/Lemnos_2003.pdf

althougt morocco is not that clean ( not that bad either somewhere in middle ground )
there is an exception
yes casablanca is dirty industrial city
but ifrane and marrakech are 2 very clean cities espacially ifrane

i think greece,because it has much sea and mountains,also maybe italia?

Probably some small country. Maybe Monaco :dunno: Japan has some really clean cities though.

London is the cleanest.

Japan and Scandinavia are dirty in my eyes.

London? Clean? O RLY?

The people play a huge role. People don't throw cigarettes or chewing gum on the streets for example.

I have a feeling that in places where there is a big income gap (US, developing countries) or rigid social class (UK), streets tend to be dirty, mainly due to so-called "uneducated (working-class) people". In more egalitarian places like Japan/Scandinavia, such sharp division of social class doesn't exist or at least less, everyone is reasonably educated/cultured and people don't throw rubbish on streets and such. Maybe one could even measure the egalitarian-ness or stratified-ness of a country by looking at the street.

Singapore clearly goes against this observation, for a pretty obvious *special* reason.

You can't throw rubbish or I'm gonna kick you out of the country otherwise. London is clean it's the upperclass society. I don't know about Scandinavia though, but I guess it's much dirtier than in Japan or the UK.

I don't know about Scandinavia though, but I guess it's much dirtier than in Japan or the UK.:lol:

Judge for yourself mate: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=569817

May I while at it surgest you in the future look into stuff before mouthing up about what you clearly know nothing off.. :|

You can't throw rubbish or I'm gonna kick you out of the country otherwise. London is clean it's the upperclass society. I don't know about Scandinavia though, but I guess it's much dirtier than in Japan or the UK.

What planet exactly do you live on?

What planet exactly do you live on?

Fantasy, clearly.

India. The lowest per-capita pollutants.

:lol:

Judge for yourself mate: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=569817

May I while at it surgest you in the future look into stuff before mouthing up about what you clearly know nothing off.. :|
And, why do you need to show it off, if really being confident.

Fantasy, clearly.
I'm an outsider. I have my own eyes to look at.

Translation: Considering Japan's not policed [with respect to forced cleanliness] I think Japan's [pretty] clean.


I'll add to this that Japan's cleanliness is part cultural and partly ritualistic (ancient shinto practices that made it into mainstream).
Rediculous. Japan has no religion.

*sniff* *sniff* I smell seeds of troubles and approaching sound of a mighty mod's banhammer *sniff*

Is that neto uyo or just a chuubou?

Feels foreign.

I would say Japan

London is the cleanest.

Japan and Scandinavia are dirty in my eyes.

you got it backwards, London is very dirty and filthy

Manchester, England of course lol

Austria, definitely...but I dont know if t is good or bad :lol:

And, why do you need to show it off, if really being confident.

Because you clearly have no clue - so to aid you I thought I'd show you reality!

Because you clearly have no clue - so to aid you I thought I'd show you reality!
What reality. Showing me your evil next door neighbour across the bridge being the best example? What kind of food do you eat every day, and watch what. Don't you feel like being manipulated by someone, who laughs at you from the heart. My reality goes Italy being the cleanest and most expensive place ever on the earth in that case. Let me see, from the distance. Of course Scandinavia is beautiful, I mean the aristocrats, who are not interested in the North European culture! Don't show me the statistics any more, please. They are far from the reality. Then you'll realise London kills all, being the perfect city in the world, removing the things unnecessary.

Say, if you are a Japanese, do you really care being clean or not. Think it's a great country? Japan and Korea are dirty in my opinion. I just want to lay down on a beach and sleep and can't be bothered with the fuck.

What reality. Showing me your evil next door neighbour across the bridge being the best example? What kind of food do you eat every day, and watch what. Don't you feel like being manipulated by someone, who laughs at you from the heart. My reality goes Italy being the cleanest and most expensive place ever on the earth in that case. Let me see, from the distance. Of course Scandinavia is beautiful, I mean the aristocrats, who are not interested in the North European culture! Don't show me the statistics any more, please. They are far from the reality. Then you'll realise London kills all, being the perfect city in the world, removing the things unnecessary.

Buh?! My brain just broke...

I can't speak German but Latin.

OK, the banhammer has done the usual mighty job:lol::lol:

The Vatican. How hard is it to clean after 800 people and a few tourists?

The Vatican. How hard is it to clean after 800 people and a few tourists?


"A few tourists" may be the difficult bit.:ohno:

They are clean and serene.

Preferably - No Red Light District, No drugs addicts and alcoholics and No homeless.

Scandinavia - Norway and Finland.
The UK - London and Scotland.
Italy - Venice, Florence and Rome.

I think it is Manila in The Philipine

Manila is slummy. :lol:

Bali Island is a beautiful resort.

SINGAPORE easily, the whole country not just the city :)
It's a modern city that is just unbelievably clean!!!!!!!

Austria, definitely...but I dont know if t is good or bad :lol:

Of course it is good. Who likes dirt? Only cockroaches.

New Zelande of course

100% SINGAPORE!!

Anyone thought about Iceland and all its geothermal resources?

^^ They have dirty minds..

Liechtenstein.

In Europe it will be Scandinavian countries and Switzerland.Not Denmark, were there are lots of garbage on the streets and sidewalks - mostly from drunk people I guess. There are lots of graffiti in most larger danish towns too.

If I had to make a guess about the cleanest country in the world, then I would say Belarus. Only possible because its a dictatorship. :lol:

They even paint all lightpoles in Minsk every time they get a little fainted.

Singapore!!

Singapore it is!

I'm not being biased but I agree Singapore definitely! :)

New Zealand is super clean too, or at least the places I've been to.

I'm not being biased but I agree Singapore definitely! :)

New Zealand is super clean too, or at least the places I've been to.

Singapore ? I've been many times to Singapore and it's not that clean, sorry to say this. If you've been to Japan you can clearly see what I mean.

Japan is the real clean country on earth. Then, followed by some hyper-rich European countries plus New Zealand.

^^ Japan and Sweden were very clean, but I would say that Singapore, despite the climate, is very clean. The climate doesn't help there unfortunately...

The UK is remarkably dirty in my opinion and a lot of NZ is quite dirty - especially on major roads where people throw rubbish around.

Japan

north korea

SINGAPORE easily, the whole country not just the city :)
It's a modern city that is just unbelievably clean!!!!!!!

anglosaxons and geography.... :bash:

the whole country IS a city in Singapore.
it's only about 700km2!

Gran Buenos Aires is 2.590km2
Greater London is 1.623km2

Hands down, Singapore.

I have been to Singapore and as others said who have been to Japan and Singapore, Japan is cleaner (though Osaka [my city] is not :lol:). I would say Singapore is the 2nd cleanest in Asia though, mostly because of the strict laws (in contrast Japanese cities don't even have public trashcans because of "terrorist" threat so the cleanliness is remarkable).

My ranking would be

1. Japan
2. Singapore
3. Scandinavia

Allthough I have not visited Scandinavia I have seen many pictures of it.

Definitely Singapore!!!

(in contrast Japanese cities don't even have public trashcans because of "terrorist" threat so the cleanliness is remarkable)
whats the corelation between trashcans with terrorist?

Japanese politicians believe that since cities like Tokyo are so dense and packed that a single bomb in a public trashcan could cause the deaths of thousands (which is true)...I think they are over-reacting though, I don't know of any terrorist threat.

NEW ZEALAND :)

Yes but I'm putting all of them there so my list is just 3 :)

In my opinion, Japan is the cleanest. Singapore is an anomaly because it's really a city that covers an island, so I can't say it's impressive when you have larger countries like Japan, New Zealand and many European countries that are equally as clean.

Living and growing up in the Philippines, I got to appreciate the cleanliness of many developed countries. Canada and the United States are clean in my opnion, but there are places that are REALLY bad, then again, most huge cities have those bad and run-down neighborhoods.

In my opinion, Japan is the cleanest. Singapore is an anomaly because it's really a city that covers an island, so I can't say it's impressive when you have larger countries like Japan, New Zealand and many European countries that are equally as clean.

Living and growing up in the Philippines, I got to appreciate the cleanliness of many developed countries. Canada and the United States are clean in my opnion, but there are places that are REALLY bad, then again, most huge cities have those bad and run-down neighborhoods.

Don't forget, population-wise New Zealand is actually smaller than Singapore. ;)

Sweden.

Stockholm is Europe's Green Capital 2010.

I'm gonna have to go with japan because it's got a pretty big population and they manage to keep there country. As for Singapore well It's one city.

Japan, hands down for me.

They have such civic respect and the attention to detail is unmatched by any other culture in this world IMO.

I spend a lot of time in Osaka and the Kansai area and it always amazes me how little graffiti, vandalism and garbage there is for an urban area of around 20 million people.

And it is not just that, but the finishings are amazing, from the quality of the sidewalks, use of bricks and patterns, street furniture, to how attended the gardens are (and how many they are, even the smallest 1 meter by 1 meter plot downtown will have a small well groomed garden in it).

And it is not just the urban areas, but the rural as well. Farmhouses and their property are far more maintained and manicured than what I have seen elsewhere in the world. You don't see many lots with several broken down cars and random junk thrown all over the place like you do in North America.

Even the homeless are more clean and polite. I have never been panhandled once in Japan, no begging, I have never caught someone shooting up in public, etc... I could go on forever.

Of course there are exceptions, but this is a thread about generalizations, and in general, Japan is amazingly clean and well maintained.

The rest of the world has a lot to learn from Japanese culture.

I spend a lot of time in Osaka and the Kansai area and it always amazes me how little graffiti, vandalism and garbage there is for an urban area of around 20 million people.


We consider Osaka the dirtiest city in Japan. Have you been to Tokyo? I think Kanto is cleaner then Kansai, and also Fukuoka, Nagoya, Sapporo etc.

We consider Osaka the dirtiest city in Japan. Have you been to Tokyo? I think Kanto is cleaner then Kansai, and also Fukuoka, Nagoya, Sapporo etc.

I've spent a little time in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kyoto and Fukuoaka, with day-trips to many surrounding towns etc, and the only time I saw anything that hinted at being less clean than desirable was one carriage of a shinkansen with a broken toilet. About half a dozen people stayed in the carriage, too polite to move from their reserved seats.

We consider Osaka the dirtiest city in Japan. Have you been to Tokyo? I think Kanto is cleaner then Kansai, and also Fukuoka, Nagoya, Sapporo etc.

Yep, I have been to Tokyo twice, also been the Hiroshima, Nagoya, and several other cities in Japan.

Osaka definitely feels industrial, but not dirty at all.

I go with Austria. Mostly clean energy (water powered plants), no nuclear plants, all the trash is recycled since ages, good public transport, etc.

Switzerland is clean too, but they've got nuclear energy plants, which is a downside for me.

Environmental performance index (http://epi.yale.edu/Countries)

I don't know if it's the good place to put this index...

According to the EPI the winners would be:

1 Iceland 93.5
2 Switzerland 89.1
3 Costa Rica 86.4
4 Sweden 86.0
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5 Norway 81.1
6 Mauritius 80.6
7 France 78.2
8 Austria 78.1
9 Cuba 78.1
10 Colombia 76.8
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147 North Korea 41.8
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I guess NK is not so clean after all haha

What's France doing in there?

I am pretty sure most people in this thread are thinking about trash, air pollution in cities, dirty or clean water, graffiti etc and not things like "fisheries" and "agriculture". If you were to use that link then only the "environmental health" ranking (different scores then the total EPI it focuses on air pollution, water) gives a better metric but it still doesn't match this thread I think.

What's France doing in there?

it's the EPI , anyway why do you think France shouldn't be there ?

I think it would be Germany, Singapore or Japan.

Iceland... Ima move in there
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Not Russia:)

japan by far, considering it has 130 million people efficiently living on a tiny island

it's in a completely different league than the low-population low-density countries that are much easier to keep "clean"

Uganda FTW!!!!!

A lot of people say Belarus is quite clean :)

Swiss,Norway,Sweden,Finland, maybe Canada,Scotland,Ireland

It's japan hands down its got a big population and still manages to stay clean. It's way easier for singapore, Belarus, or any other other very small country, or city state to stay clean but japan has a huge popultion in a pretty good sized area.

North Korea.... I've spoken with people who have been there and told me the streets are extremely clean, everything is extremely organized!

A lot of people say Belarus is quite clean :)

is it because polluters are sent to Lukashenko Gulag?:lol::lol::lol:

Congo (DR)

India is the cleanest country in the world....:banana:

Does Antarctica count :lol:

Brazil , of course

http://www.prefeitura.sp.gov.br/cidade/secretarias/upload/etanol_1259088435.jpg

http://nickmartins.com.br/atualidades/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/concurso-itaipu-binacional-2011.jpg

http://eco4u.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/eolico-osorio.jpg?w=414


But Singapore

Cleanest on street level, I think Switzerland and Japan.

Many people told me Singapore is really modern and clean, but it is not a country right?

Many people told me Singapore is really modern and clean, but it is not a country right?

It is a tropical country in southeast asia (thailand > malaysia > Singapore > Indonesia)

i think japan is the cleanest of all, it is in their blood (culture) :bow:

Sorry to burst your bubble but Singapore is not clean at all. It's clean compared to BKK or Jakarta but for global standards it's average at best.

Best I've seen in my life was Finland and Japan (esp Tokyo and small towns, Osaka was a little littered already). I guess Switzerland can take a high place.

I think the cleanest cities are

1.Calgary, Canada
2.Honolulu, US
3.Helsinki, Finland
4.Ottawa, Canada
5.Minneapolis, US
6.Oslo, Norway
7.Stockholm, Sweden
8.Zurich, Switzerland
9.Katsuyama, Japan
10.Bern, Switzerland

Cleanest people is in Argentina. EVERYBODY takes 1 or 2 showers a day and almost nobody stinks. Every house has at least one videt and most people uses it.

The parameter of dirty is very exigent there.
Somebody considered "clean" or "average" in most other countries (northern hemisphere mostly), would be considered dirty in Argentine.

I've travelled quite much and never seen a place where people is cleaner.


Cities is very varieted, BA is every day dirtier, but most inner cities are very clean, notably Mendoza. Medium to big cities are very dense, so no comparison is possible with sprawled cities.
Most medium to small cities are very clean in the "pampas" (where most people live), but northern and southern cities are dirtier.


Ecologically, most energy comes from natural gaz, hidro and nuclear; so energy matrix is quite clean. Nevertheless, energy is user innefficiently.

For instance, in BA where 35% of population lives, there are 900km of commuter rail and metro, and even if it could double its transport capacity with the same infrastructure, most pleople prefers to travel by contaminating bus because of underinvestment on rail.

Almost no coal is used in the country.

But still it's the country in latin America with the highest energy comsumption per capita, and there's no political decission to go green.

Shit man, this EPI is some kind of a joke.^^ I was many times in Romania and I can't understand in which way there is cleaner than in Poland. It's only example. maybe top 10 is ok but rest is completely rubbished:)

NEW ZEALAND! THEY ALSO HAVE THE FRESHEST AIR! :lol: :lol:

Cleanest people is in Argentina. EVERYBODY takes 1 or 2 showers a day Why in the world wouldn't people take daily showers? :?

I would probably say Iceland due to it's low population density and the fact that they get most of their energy from geothermal sources.

After that I would probably say Japan, Germany, and most places in Canada (excluding Toronto).

Cleanest people is in Argentina. EVERYBODY takes 1 or 2 showers a day and almost nobody stinks. Every house has at least one videt and most people uses it.


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Bidets are completly useless. Just get proper european style showerheads.

I always wonder how Americans can properly clean their ass with their wall fixed showerheads.

New Zealand

NEW ZEALAND! THEY ALSO HAVE THE FRESHEST AIR! :lol: :lol:

Not when it comes to emissions per capita or the smog in Auckland and Christchurch in winter in particular. House heating here is by wood burners very often meaning quite smoke-laiden air in the winter.

countries like Iceland and Greenland are defidentally cleaner than Scandinavian or North American countries.. just because of the actuality that they accept appealing abundant no citizenry. They accept a lot beneath pollution, debris befuddled on the ground/streets, etc...

iceland without a doubt!

At street level, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates.

Liechtenstein for sure. The capital, Vaduz, is the cleanest and slickest i've ever seen

Probably Germany

[QUOTE=FREKI;38181796]Greenland isn't a country and the populated areas aren't exactly known for it's "cleanness" :) ( unemployment, drugs and alcohol addiction is a major problem up there )
Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark.
That said with the amount of rain in the summer and snow in the winter I would expect it to be a fairly clean place.. especially the unpopulated places..

According to the EPI the winners would be:

1 Iceland 93.5
2 Switzerland 89.1
3 Costa Rica 86.4
4 Sweden 86.0
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5 Norway 81.1
6 Mauritius 80.6
7 France 78.2
8 Austria 78.1
9 Cuba 78.1
10 Colombia 76.8
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147 North Korea 41.8
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I guess NK is not so clean after all haha


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