which country?

SIngapore

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

Luxembourg

Japan

Singapore, Germany, Swiss, Canada

Japan is very clean and orderly.

Bhutan

Tokolau
Kirabati
Pitcairn

A better definition of the word "cleanest" ?

Clean streets?
Clean atmosphere?
Clean sea and lakes?
Unpolluted ground?

Not the Netherlands, which i find quite dirty. People dumping their trash anywhere.

A better definition of the word "cleanest" ?

Clean streets?
Clean atmosphere?
Clean sea and lakes?
Unpolluted ground?

Or per capita emissions, etc.

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

Not the Netherlands, which i find quite dirty. People dumping their trash anywhere.

Netherlands, the dog shit capital of the world. It's everywhere.

Netherlands, where everbody complains about it and nobody takes care about it...

defenetly Singapore.

Singapore

Melbourne..i don't even want to start saying why! My list would go on forever :)

Sweden of course!

Since when is Melbourne a country? :weirdo:

well singapore just cheats...it's only one city...(anyone can keep a tiny island clean) :runaway:

Greenland :D

Belgium !!!

Finland?

New Zealand

I'd say Japan in terms of the culture's hygiene.

For cleanliness in countries, I'd say Singapore (even if its really small)...

well singapore just cheats...it's only one city...(anyone can keep a tiny island clean)

whats the diff? every city in the world manages itself more or less. you dont depend on perth's govt to clean your city do you?

...Germany...

???
Do you really think that all the country is clean ?

From the pictures ....maybe is LIBYA ???

http://www.geocities.com/jacektravel/p3trip.JPG

Singapore and Japan! When it comes to dirtiest and poorly maintained streets the US is up there considering how wealthy we are.

North Korea

Singapore cleanest

luxembourg

Switzerland

Not the Netherlands, which i find quite dirty. People dumping their trash anywhere.

yeah, somebody from Germany had to explain what a garbage can was, never heard of it before! Fascinating invention though, should use it...if I had the money for it.

iceland

Slovenia looked very clean to me when I visited, very much like clean places in Germany in many respects.

The UK is generally pretty clean in rural areas and prosperous small towns but some of our big cities are terrible for litter, chewing gum, graffiti etc :ohno:

In Europe it will be Scandinavian countries and Switzerland.

toronto's not bad

New Zealand

even olympic medalist were not allowed to bring home the crown made of grass ( sorry i donno the exact name in english ) stating the cleanliness

Some those countries in Scandi.....Singapore.....Switzerland?

countries like Iceland and Greenland are defidentally cleaner than Scandinavian or North American countries.. just because of the fact that they have pretty much no population (compared to ours).. They have a lot less pollution, garbage thrown on the ground/streets, etc...

Singapore and Japan

Switzerland! :)

indonesia is clean jakarta

It has to be Japan.

Norway

melbourne isnt clean

they have birds inside mc donalds wich sh** in my coke !

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

Belgium !!!
Who are you kidding? have you been to brussles lately?
Luxembourg is probably the cleanest nation i have visited

Japan

Definitely Chile.

Definetely not the US.

Finland

Japan :yes:

Finland and Singapore.

China.

I think it is Ankara but you askin the country if you ask city it is Ankara but if you ask the country it is Japan...

Greenland :D
And that would be Denmark... and while Greenland is clean it's also home a pretty big NATO airbase ( Thule ) and had some unfortunatly problems with nuclear material when a US nuclear armed plane crasched in 1968 :bash:
And the rest of Denmark can't compete with our brothers in the north


I would personly go with Norway or Iceland

1) Singapore
2) Japan
3) South Korea

I would consider North Korea very clean as well!

imo, it is iceland.

Singapore and Japan

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

Pyongyang is really clean but the rest of the country is a mess.

Belgium !!!
:weird:
I hope you're joking! Some Belgian cities are 'clean' But Antwerp, Brussels, Liège or Charleroi are not that clean!
And Belgian still has a lot of heavy industries and very polluted air, the urban planning is very chaotic!

Story about cleanliness on Japanese trains-

I got on a train in Tokyo at the first stop, so the train was about to make another run. I noticed someone had spilled a cup of coffee on the floor from the previous run, so I thought "man, that's pretty dirty". A conductor walks by and notices it, but the train was about to leave (and trains try to never run late here).

The next stop, the train pulls into the station and 3 railway employees are waiting at the exact door where the coffee spill was, mop it up in 10 seconds, and the train proceeds onward. The conductor must have radioed ahead to clean up the spill.

How's that for cleanliness? :)

I think many places mentioned beforehand become invalid because of the ratio to people and wealth and urban sizes. Ratiowise i guess it must be Japan.

Will this thread turn bad? Almost all predecessors to this thread have turned bad because people differ in opinion as to which country is the cleanest, because they define cleanliness in different ways (best in government effort to keep cities clean, best in terms of clean energy sources, best in terms of clean industries, recycling, best in people effort to keep cities clean)... Though all clean in different ways, it doesn't mean that if you are not the best in cleanliness in one way it means that you are not the cleanest country in others... :)

Iraq !

J/k

Singapore

singapor eor dubai

singapore, mysore from India, Roseville from California, some others but people might disagree with my opinion of clean...

indonesia is clean jakarta

:hahaha:





This is a joke right......right ?

Maybe in the shopping malls but not Jakarta itself.

Australia.

New Zealand.

Definitely Chile.

Santiago isn't very clean.

Story about cleanliness on Japanese trains-

I got on a train in Tokyo at the first stop, so the train was about to make another run. I noticed someone had spilled a cup of coffee on the floor from the previous run, so I thought "man, that's pretty dirty". A conductor walks by and notices it, but the train was about to leave (and trains try to never run late here).

The next stop, the train pulls into the station and 3 railway employees are waiting at the exact door where the coffee spill was, mop it up in 10 seconds, and the train proceeds onward. The conductor must have radioed ahead to clean up the spill.

How's that for cleanliness? :)

I'm about to have another case of Japan-withdrawl syndrome.

China.

Have you been there? Some of the dirtiest city streets and small towns I have ever seen.

Ive traveled to many countries ; it`s definitely Japan.

Singapore is only a tiny island, of course its super easy to keep it clean, so it should not be included in the list.

clean small country:singapore
clean big country:none

Or per capita emissions, etc.

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

Really?:)

Here's another train cleanliness story from Japan-

I was riding the Inokashira Line in Tokyo at night and a drunk passenger pukes on the seat cushion. Ugh. Someone tells the station attendant at the next stop, but they have to keep the train moving. Two stations later, 4 train workers get on board, clean the vomit area, and unhinge the seat while the train continues along. Then at the next stop there's 4 more workers waiting with an extra seat cushion and they install it quickly. Within 4 stops, they cleaned and replaced the mess all while the train was kept on schedule.

all developed country are all clean.

I think it's Japan. I used to watch Japanese sitcoms and remember how schoolchildren had to clean their classrooms and such.

:2cents:

singapore

German cities.

singapore

Singapore is indeed cleaner than most other cities of its size, especially in the city center. But do note that contrary to popular belief, its not PERFECTLY CLEAN and can get quite dirty in the suburbs. It does not have clean energy sources like hydroelectricity and solar power due to geographical, cost and land constraints. But it is trying to get the recycling rate higher and pollution from power generated from oil and natural gas is kept to the bare minimum. Its doing a good job or being clean, but it could be cleaner.

IMO Japanese cities are cleaner, or is that just a misconception??? Taiwanese impress me with their recycling habits.

all developed country are all clean.

Not true at all! Most developed countries are cleaner than most developing countries but make no mistake there are some very dirty places in developed countries.

all developed country are all clean.


The US is developed but far far from clean. New Orleans, Gary, Buffalo, Phoenix, Houston, yeah we aint clean.

and For the population I'd have to say Japan as well. Tokyo with it's millions upon millions is astonishingly clean.

I gotta said Japan is impresively clean for its population.

singapore and japan

Here's another train cleanliness story from Japan-

I was riding the Inokashira Line in Tokyo at night and a drunk passenger pukes on the seat cushion. Ugh. Someone tells the station attendant at the next stop, but they have to keep the train moving. Two stations later, 4 train workers get on board, clean the vomit area, and unhinge the seat while the train continues along. Then at the next stop there's 4 more workers waiting with an extra seat cushion and they install it quickly. Within 4 stops, they cleaned and replaced the mess all while the train was kept on schedule.

eww

I think Singapore or Switzerland.

Singapore is probably the cleanest country on earth...

Dirtiest? Somalia...:lol:

Singapore for small country and Japan for large country I guess. Japan really did a good job in cleaniness. Such a huge city like Tokyo and I dont think there are as many dustbins as there are in smaller singapore but the people there really know how to keep their country clean and thats really impressive.

Japan, and Scandinavian countries for sustainable development. It's not just what's on the streets, but also how they consume resources.

which country?
Switzerland

I´d guess Finland, Sweden and Norway are the cleanest countries on earth.

definitely Japan

I think it's Japan. I used to watch Japanese sitcoms and remember how schoolchildren had to clean their classrooms and such.

:2cents:

yeh, they clean the whole school after school, theyre all assigned different rooms and assigned whether to vacum, mop etc... lols i know cuz ive been in a jap school, i just have to say, not all cities in japan are clean, i agree that tokyo is very clean, but osaka... dirty dirty place!!! never thought osaka would be dirty, but trust me it is! and most train stations are pretty old, dusty and dirty!! i mean the platforms!

i would say that australia would be the cleanest country... and the cleanest city would probably have to be adelaide or melbourne!

:weird:
I hope you're joking! Some Belgian cities are 'clean' But Antwerp, Brussels, Liège or Charleroi are not that clean!
And Belgian still has a lot of heavy industries and very polluted air, the urban planning is very chaotic!

Yeah, I've been to Brussels which I thought was very grimy, yet I still felt very safe there.

I think Singapore is clean too, but having been threre twice myself, I can say that the cleanliness aspect is more perception. There ARE some pretty grimy side streets there, I do see litter on the ground, and I have seen people spitting too (gasp!) Yes there are no slums, and homeless are not commonly found, but once you visit there and see all the areas, it's not AS clean as one might expect it to be.

I do think though that Singapore is a city that knows how to balance the urban with the natural. It does know how to integrate trees and the tropical climate into the metropolis, rather than fighting it off. I think that aspect is more remarkable than its percieved cleanliness.

I also think Singapore has the best food in the world!!!!

north korea is really clean..
omg.. no garbages (Kim rules), clean air.. no dirty particles anywhere..

Singapore, Japan, North Korea, Canada and Germany

Norway, Finland, Singapore.

Singapore, maybe Dubai (UAE)

Most probably japan.

north korea is really clean..
omg.. no garbages (Kim rules), clean air.. no dirty particles anywhere..

No freedom either :)

I do wonder how many people here who vote for singapore have actually visited the place - when i last went there the place was full of discarded cigarettes - everywhere.

1 Germany
2 Switzerland
3 Norway
5Sweden
6 South Korea
7USA
8 Japan
9 Singapore
10Canada
others worth mentioning: Belgium, Finland, North Korea (clean but ugly), Netherlands, and UAE. South Africa is probably one of the cleanest African countries with Tunisia and Algeria close behind.

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)

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)


Man, Does your mom know that Chinese people have the habit washing hands before and after three meals? You again apply one ocassional case to generalize about the whole China, and put China into the last one of the list. It is the Korean habit to do this always?

Cleanest:
Asia---- Japan and Singapore
North America----Canada
Europe---Don't know, ( Never been to Europe)

for Europe I guess its Scandinavian coutries due people nature, and enviroment us well...probably i would say Norway....

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)

Most of the places I visited in China weren't that bad. In the bigger cities there's a problem with air pollution but in general the streets are clean enough. Of course there are certain cities worse than others and even in the cleanest Chinese cities there are dirty areas but on the whole I didn't think China was any worse litterwise than any other developing country I've visited. I thought Malaysia, for example, was worse with regards to street cleanliness.

Anyway, this thread's not about the dirtiest country in the world it's about the cleanest. Personally I'd put Japan and Singapre at the top of that list with Korea close behind.

I would say Japan.(althought it could get quite dirty on weekends in Roppongi and Shibuya at around 4:00am or 5:00am)

Lots of ppl mentioned Japan's popuation and density. The reason why I am impressed by Japan is that you can't find garbage bins anywhere in Tokyo. Seriously, they do not exsist. Yet, the streets are so clean. I always wonder what they do with the garbage. Apparently, they(the ladies) just put garbage in their expensive Louis Vuitton hand bags.

Switzerland... It is incredibly clean!

Singapore and Dubai (as an Emirate)

I always wonder what they do with the garbage.

Actually the answer is very simple. When I buy a snack at a convenience store, I try to dump the garbage in the bins (every store has several) of the next conbini I come across with, there're thousands of them. In the event I don't find any, I just keep the garbage in the bag you get with your purchase. Easy huh.

1 Germany


never ever

Norway
Iceland
Danmark
Sweden
Finland
Switzerland
Luxembourg
Ireland?
Germany?

Switzerland... It is incredibly clean!

I agree, and so is Singapore!

never ever

For sure not the cleanest country. But at least in case of Hamburg many foreign visitors told me they were impressed by the clean streets in Hamburg (although they are not THAT clean).

The reason why I am impressed by Japan is that you can't find garbage bins anywhere in Tokyo. Seriously, they do not exsist. Yet, the streets are so clean. I always wonder what they do with the garbage. Apparently, they(the ladies) just put garbage in their expensive Louis Vuitton hand bags.
Do you know where the garbages are? Well you've already seen them.

Qatar
Kuwait
UAE
Bahrain
Singapore
Japan

I don't remember having trouble finding rubbish bins walking around Tokyo

Germany. The people are so obediant.
As soon as you step over the border into France you get hit in the face by a wrapper of somesort...

From the pictures ....maybe is LIBYA ???

http://www.geocities.com/jacektravel/p3trip.JPG

I've seen dirtier streets in NYC.

Germany. The people are so obediant.
As soon as you step over the border into France you get hit in the face by a wrapper of somesort...
Zat ist zo true. Howefer, being obediant doesn't necessarily mean ze kountry ist klean. Germany ist fery funky you know. I saw ze folks often Scheissen on ze streets. :ohno:

Netherlands, the dog shit capital of the world. It's everywhere.


Thank you for this about the Netherlands. I'll avoid going there. Dog shit contains about 333-times more strep bacteria per gram than does human shit. Dogs eat shit & carrion & often lick asses, so it's no wonder. Now, back to the cleanest city: Vancouver, BC is certainly up there, as is Auckland, NZ, I've heard.

Sweden was the cleanest I've seen.

switzerland has very good cleaning services. i spent there one year. every morning my sleep was interupted by vacume-cleaning-vechicle. cities are very clean durnig the day. during weekends after the parties streets are covered with all kind of garbages. people break bottles, throw kebab papers and such, all end up on streets. before sunrise it is all cleaned up.

my city, warsaw is considered as very dirty. i never dont see cleaning service often. it is also not acceptable to leave garbage on the street...

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)


I suppose you think kid's shit is bad and dog shit isn't? Dog shit contains far more bacteria that human shit (over 300-times more strep, for example), and America cities are full of dog shit; whereas, China doesn't have that problem. I'll take kid's shit anytime over dog shit. Judge not lest ye also be judged.

I suppose you think kid's shit is bad and dog shit isn't? Dog shit contains far more bacteria that human shit (over 300-times more strep, for example), and America cities are full of dog shit; whereas, China doesn't have that problem. I'll take kid's shit anytime over dog shit. Judge not lest ye also be judged.

Yeah.. they dont have dogs because they eat them.. :ohno:

Japan and Oman.

Guys, have you ever been to Oman, a very underrated country of the Middle East ? It`s superbly clean; you will never find trash on the streets, in fact Muscat is the cleanest city I`ve ever been in my whole life ( Ive been to 58 countries )

I lived several years in Japan and though the cities may be clean and they mop up spills on trains, the countryside can be quite different. It's not uncommon to see rubbish in streams or rivers in the country. Mostly what I saw were blue plastic bags that farmers use that would be hanging off riverside trees or shrubs. This wasn't isolated but was quite common everywhere. I've seen things like refrigerators and other appliances dumped beside rivers or just sitting in the middle of nowhere.

I went to a famous temple on the top of a small mountain once and to my surprise I saw what must of have been several years worth of garbage bags strewn down the side of the mountain behind the temple. Beaches are another story. The amount of rubbish I've seen on beaches in Japan blew my mind away and also of anyone else that have seen my pictures of them. Japan would certainly not be on my list as the country that is the cleanest.

yeh, they clean the whole school after school, theyre all assigned different rooms and assigned whether to vacum, mop etc... lols i know cuz ive been in a jap school, i just have to say, not all cities in japan are clean, i agree that tokyo is very clean, but osaka... dirty dirty place!!! never thought osaka would be dirty, but trust me it is! and most train stations are pretty old, dusty and dirty!! i mean the platforms!

i would say that australia would be the cleanest country... and the cleanest city would probably have to be adelaide or melbourne!

Intersting to know, is it true that they throw away relatively new and valuable things over there? Because they usually get the latest gadgets or items.

Singapore:)

SIngapore Germany Finland, Sweden, VAtican city Japan, Switzerland.

I think Singapore is clean too, but having been threre twice myself, I can say that the cleanliness aspect is more perception. There ARE some pretty grimy side streets there, I do see litter on the ground, and I have seen people spitting too (gasp!) Yes there are no slums, and homeless are not commonly found, but once you visit there and see all the areas, it's not AS clean as one might expect it to be.

I do think though that Singapore is a city that knows how to balance the urban with the natural. It does know how to integrate trees and the tropical climate into the metropolis, rather than fighting it off. I think that aspect is more remarkable than its percieved cleanliness.

I also think Singapore has the best food in the world!!!!


To be honest, being a Singaporean, I would agree with it.
Although we are famous for clean and green, there is more we can do.
We can learn from Germany, their recycling lifestyle. Japan, their efficient cleanliness society.

All in all, from the places I have gone to, I can safely and proudly says, I am fortunate to be in Clean and Green Singapore. Not the cleanest, but cleaner than most countries.

P.S. Of cos, Singapore Food is one of the Best!

Yeah.. they dont have dogs because they eat them.. :ohno:

Yeah what? Not Chinese, but the koreans eat dog.

I suppose you think kid's shit is bad and dog shit isn't? Dog shit contains far more bacteria that human shit (over 300-times more strep, for example), and America cities are full of dog shit; whereas, China doesn't have that problem. I'll take kid's shit anytime over dog shit. Judge not lest ye also be judged.

You know macon4ever is a korean, so he won't mention dog shit. ;)

To be honest, being a Singaporean, I would agree with it.
Although we are famous for clean and green, there is more we can do.
We can learn from Germany, their recycling lifestyle. Japan, their efficient cleanliness society.

All in all, from the places I have gone to, I can safely and proudly says, I am fortunate to be in Clean and Green Singapore. Not the cleanest, but cleaner than most countries.

P.S. Of cos, Singapore Food is one of the Best!

I am not sure if Singapore food is one of the best. But Singapore's cleaness is maintained by strick laws and rules. It is a good part other countries should learn.

i would say that australia would be the cleanest country... and the cleanest city would probably have to be adelaide or melbourne!
nah as I've been living in Melbourne for a while now, I don't think this city is that clean. I mean compared to other developed cities. But Adelaide is probably cleaner:). From my experience, I think Japan is one of the cleanest countries. never been to Germany so not sure.

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

no it's not it is i don't know if iceland or ireland .....well it's where the capital is reikjavyk

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)

I can't believe that I missed this...:sleepy:

I'll be honest, Somalia is definitely not a clean country, but since you have obviously never been there and I have, I would know more than you...it has an excuse since it is in the middle of a war right now.

Besides, this topic is about cleanest countries.

Iceland :yes:

There is no answer here but JAPAN.

JAPAN is the cleanest country in the world.

TAIWAN and SINGAPORE come next

Then followed by developed Western European countries + New Zealand

There is no answer here but JAPAN.

JAPAN is the cleanest country in the world.

TAIWAN and SINGAPORE come next

Then followed by developed Western European countries + New Zealand

skyprince..when did you go to Japan/Taiwan?

The cleanes country in the world (beside Vatican obviously :P) is either Austria, Luxemburg, Swiss or some other small central european country. No doubts about that.

singapore and japan...

no it's not it is i don't know if iceland or ireland .....well it's where the capital is reikjavyk

its iceland but japan is much more cleaner in general...

Sweden, Germany, Japan

In my opinion Switzerland is definitely the cleanest country, at least in Europe.
I live in Germany and I know that Germany isn't dirty, but Switzerland tops everything.

When I was at Lake Constance, I often made trips to swiss villages.
A lot of them looked very sterile, as if they were built for modell railways..... it was very impressing!

Singapore, period.

I don't know how Taiwan got up there.

Singapore...can't even chew gum!

Mexico

ok no
it's one of the dirtiest maybe

i think should be canada

Just one mentioned Austria here. Of all the European countries which I have seen so far - Austria wins hands down - surpassing Switzerland, Sweden, Luxembourg, and, of course, Germany. It's also cleaner than New Zealand IMHO. Can't judge about Asian countries - haven't seen them.

One roadside toilet in Austria impressed me very much - it seems their road agency pays subsidies to nearby houses to maintain the toilets clean - it was not just impeccably clean but full with embroidered towels, paintings, different service information etc.

But too much isn't good IMHO. I prefer natural looks of Italy and Southern France except their environmental pollution.

Singapore, Luxemburg and Vatican City... loool

Depends on what you consider clean. If your homes and streets are spotless, but you are a huge producer of garbage, toxins, and carbon emissions are you clean or dirty?

I'd say dirty, so my answer would probably be some place like Fiji or Mauritius.

From the countries I have been to, and from a conventional definition unlike the post above me, I would definitely say singapore.

From the countries I have been to, and from a conventional definition unlike the post above me, I would definitely say singapore.

large city is much difficult to keep clean. singapore, by the way, is really clean and gardenlized.

Depends on what you consider clean. If your homes and streets are spotless, but you are a huge producer of garbage, toxins, and carbon emissions are you clean or dirty?

I'd say dirty, so my answer would probably be some place like Fiji or Mauritius.

Good point, although Japan is what I'd consider one of the cleanest looking, they generate a lot of garbage wrapping things like bananas in cellophane. But they still didn't make the top 4 according to this (http://www.junechua.com/web_waste.html)

1. United States, 720 kg of trash per person
2. Canada, 675 kg of trash per person
3. Norway, 630 kg of trash per person
4. Mexico, 300 kg of trash person

So in that spirit, I'll go with Bhutan. Their sustainable forest approach is: wait until the tree dies on its own and then harvest it, they were also one of the last nations in the world to get cable tv.

Good point, although Japan is what I'd consider one of the cleanest looking, they generate a lot of garbage wrapping things like bananas in cellophane. But they still didn't make the top 4 according to this (http://www.junechua.com/web_waste.html)

1. United States, 720 kg of trash per person
2. Canada, 675 kg of trash per person
3. Norway, 630 kg of trash per person
4. Mexico, 300 kg of trash person

So in that spirit, I'll go with Bhutan. Their sustainable forest approach is: wait until the tree dies on its own and then harvest it, they were also one of the last nations in the world to get cable tv.

In that sense you are right. Though Bhutan may not look as clean as Singapore or Japan, in purely numbers terms they are the world's cleanest and have the most sustainable model. Also they weren't just one of the last, they were the last :)

Good point, although Japan is what I'd consider one of the cleanest looking, they generate a lot of garbage wrapping things like bananas in cellophane. But they still didn't make the top 4 according to this (http://www.junechua.com/web_waste.html)

1. United States, 720 kg of trash per person
2. Canada, 675 kg of trash per person
3. Norway, 630 kg of trash per person
4. Mexico, 300 kg of trash person

So in that spirit, I'll go with Bhutan. Their sustainable forest approach is: wait until the tree dies on its own and then harvest it, they were also one of the last nations in the world to get cable tv.

That list is very sad,even more sad if we look at the other details:
What's in all that waste? According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (1999):

* 30 per cent is paper and paper products
* 34 per cent is food and garden waste
* 11 per cent is plastics
* 15 per cent is glass and metals
* 10 per cent is textiles and miscellaneous materials

Every item on the list is recycled,apart from organic and textiles,in Hungary,although we are behind WE. How much resources could be saved,if only half of that "trash" would be recycled!!!

Singapore

Monaco (there is a camera for each street, and you can pay 10 000 euros for a dog shit... millionars don't like dog shits, that's all ! :lol: )

SINGAPORE

Singapore

Good point, although Japan is what I'd consider one of the cleanest looking, they generate a lot of garbage wrapping things like bananas in cellophane. But they still didn't make the top 4 according to this (http://www.junechua.com/web_waste.html)

1. United States, 720 kg of trash per person
2. Canada, 675 kg of trash per person
3. Norway, 630 kg of trash per person
4. Mexico, 300 kg of trash person

So in that spirit, I'll go with Bhutan. Their sustainable forest approach is: wait until the tree dies on its own and then harvest it, they were also one of the last nations in the world to get cable tv.

Bhutan is a good choice! I thought Canadians were the biggest producers of trash? Oh well, 720kg or 675kg, it's all bad.

Good point, although Japan is what I'd consider one of the cleanest looking, they generate a lot of garbage wrapping things like bananas in cellophane. But they still didn't make the top 4 according to this (http://www.junechua.com/web_waste.html)

1. United States, 720 kg of trash per person
2. Canada, 675 kg of trash per person
3. Norway, 630 kg of trash per person
4. Mexico, 300 kg of trash person

So in that spirit, I'll go with Bhutan. Their sustainable forest approach is: wait until the tree dies on its own and then harvest it, they were also one of the last nations in the world to get cable tv.
Incredible about Norway...
:eek2:

Bhutan is a good choice! I thought Canadians were the biggest producers of trash? Oh well, 720kg or 675kg, it's all bad.

Well Canada's numbers aren't exactly perfectly representative. For example many Ontario cities have far more successful recycling and composting programs than Quebec thus producing less trash. The numbers vary enormously depending on regions and provinces.

Must be Singapore, most large European cities went to are quite dirty, or smell like piss.

Must be Singapore, most large European cities went to are quite dirty, or smell like piss.

Paris :)

For a medium-sized city, Singapore. Fo a large city maybe London.

Paris :)

I didn't want to say but, Paris smelt disgusting. I saw pee lines every where, even at the airport! Who pee's everywhere, the humans or pets?

For a medium-sized city, Singapore. Fo a large city maybe London.
London the cleanest large city?
:weird:

I didn't want to say but, Paris smelt disgusting. I saw pee lines every where, even at the airport! Who pee's everywhere, the humans or pets?

Ya it was really surprising to me too cause usually Paris is like the symbol of everything Europe. And then you go there and stare at amazement, not at all the museums, but at all the piss everywhere.

Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden...

Ya it was really surprising to me too cause usually Paris is like the symbol of everything Europe. And then you go there and stare at amazement, not at all the museums, but at all the piss everywhere.

That's news to me.

I guess he means the habits of the citizens of keeping their city clean.ç
(cleaning the dog shit, not throwing chewing gum to the floor, not throwing cigarrette butts etc...)

Some countries seem clean, for example my country Chile but its not because the people is clean but because the city makes a big effort on cleaning!
For example our beaches in the center of the country seem clean but every night the cleansing staff picks sh*tloads of trash left by tourists.

Singapore and Japan seem very clean.

I noticed once in Orlando some japanese tourists had a portable ashtray! very clean people

About iceland, its few inhabitants in a huge island but if they were 20 million it wouldnt be that clean.

That's news to me.

Why? Are you english? From my experience, when most people outside of Europe think about Europe, they think about Paris. Just like people think of New York when they think of North America.

Well Canada's numbers aren't exactly perfectly representative. For example many Ontario cities have far more successful recycling and composting programs than Quebec thus producing less trash. The numbers vary enormously depending on regions and provinces.

I'm surprised Quebec isn't more proactive. In Seattle there is very little you're allowed to classify as garbage anymore, aside from everything else we already have to separate, soon they will start issuing fines if food waste is found in your garbage (yes they do look), as it should be added to the yard waste/soiled paper container. When friends/family visit they're usually horrified how strictly enforced recycling is here, but once you get used to it, it's not that hard really. The city then sells the recycled yard waste/food scraps back as compost; we use it in our yard and garden, but a downside is you have to pull out the occasional candy bar wrapper, piece of rubber, etc. We also enter the annual Zoo doo, where they raffle off all the animals poop from the last year. It looks like a darker, richer compost with the occasional, and I'm not kidding, undigested chunks of grass or hay in it.

This is probably getting way off subject, but one more recycling horror story since it's Friday night. Seattle also allows you to keep 3 laying hens, which we have, and whose run was built over what was once our compost pile. A few weeks ago they got into a huge commotion so I went out to see what it was and they had dug up a mostly shredded condom someone had apparently tossed in their yard waste. Having to get between the hens and pull that out of one of their mouths had to be one of the lowest points I've felt about recycling!

1)Switzerland
2)Finland
3)Norway
4)Uruguay
5)Sweden...

Why? Are you english? From my experience, when most people outside of Europe think about Europe, they think about Paris. Just like people think of New York when they think of North America.

Am not British, although I would still say London is more representative of Europe, but that's just my personal opinion and I have no insight on how non-europeans see it,

My first instinct is to say the United States but it's not the cleanest. I'd have to go with Singapore or Germany from what I've seen.

When I first got to london, I was suprised how clean the air was, well it was easter sunday morning.

Ya it was really surprising to me too cause usually Paris is like the symbol of everything Europe. And then you go there and stare at amazement, not at all the museums, but at all the piss everywhere.

It was wierd because everybody portrays it as the city of romance, well the architecture and layout is amazing, but the smell kinda wrecks it.
I will go back though.

Naples

Sweden + Singapore

Surprisingly no one talks about Perth, which is possibly the cleanest in Australia and in the region?

^^ Oops, my bad.. Country wise, Singapore! and may be, Brunei?

If cleanliness is strictly defined as a litter-free environment, then in Asia:

- Singapore is one of the cleanest (because the government authorities, through the employment of a lot of cleaners, ensure the urban built environment is litter free).

- Japan is one of the cleanest (because the people there just do not have a habit of littering?)

I'm afraid I can't say Mexico is one of the cleanest countries in the world :(

Belgium !!!

Are you crazy??Liege and charleroi are extremely dirty..very very nasty..

MY TOP 5

#1 Monaco - the cleanest city I ever visited. In my opinion, its better than Singapore because of its neo-classical designs, clean beaches and you will never know the term "LUXURY" until you hit this kingdom.

#2 Singapore - its clean and modern looks makes it special. They have garbage restrictions so beware. You will get to prison if you vandalize. Better bring a small garbage bag in my opinion. The only downside is the humidity but who cares if you are breathing fresh air.

#3 Japan - it is clean but it looses its rank as the cleanest country in the world since the late 1980s. I guess the new generation is not as discipline as the previous generation or maybe the economic slowdown. Either way, Japan is still mostly clean and the government restrictions to its environment and pollution are being followed by other countries around the world. I guess everyone heard the word "Kyoto Protocol" before.

# 4 Switzerland - its clean and beautiful. The view is like what you see in your post card. You are breathing fresh air even in Zurich. Maybe the surrounding Swiss Alps have to do with it.

#5 Iceland - an island of nowhere in Europe. That's maybe the reason why it is so clean. Plus, it has the highest percentage of a "Pure" Caucasian. So if you are looking for a pure "blonde", Iceland is the best place to find one.

NOMINATION:

#6 Norway
#7 New Zealand
#8 Sweden
#9 Luxembourg
#10 Austria
#11 Qatar
#12 Australia
#13 Bahamas
#14 Finland
#15 Bahrain

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haha, someone mentioned Belgium! :lol: Yes, Charleroi is one of the nastiest places you can ever have the misfortune of spending a single second in!

1)Switzerland
2)Norway
3)Luxembourg

1) Iceland
2) Switzerland
3) Norway

I kill time, read a report said that the countries where there was less pollution, by order were: (I create)
1 Sweden
2 Finland
3 Uruguay
4 Norway
5 nonmemory more

The Netherlands is dirty. Garbage everywhere on the streets.

USA! USA!

nah, not really. i really dont have any idea at all.

+ Somalia
+ pakistan
+ China
+ India
+ Bangladesh

The cleanest countries in the world

Singapoure

Japan

That's news to me.

Yes, but you need to understand that he's from North America. They always generalized (what is not good and wrong).
For Zaki: Europe has so many cultures like nations. NYC can represent America, but Paris can't represent Europe - only France maybe!

For me:
Scandinavia
Swiss
Austria
Ireland
Japan
Singapore
Canada
New Zealand
Slovenia

partly UK, Germany and France.

DENMARK as far as I saw is really clean.

I heard Portugal was spotless, in fact, they even held an annual competition comparing how clean each city is. Anyone wanna confirm that?

+ Somalia
+ pakistan
+ China
+ India
+ Bangladesh

The cleanest countries in the world

Hey why dont u shut up, I dont go around insulting your countries. This thread is cleanest countries, not titled making fun of other countries. You piss me off just because you think you know every country, and how dare you compare somalia to india and china. Keep your comments to yourself and answer the question or dont reply at all.

Norway or Singapore, of the countries I've been to.

I heard Portugal was spotless, in fact, they even held an annual competition comparing how clean each city is. Anyone wanna confirm that?

Yeah I think too that Portugal is very clean, but I have only been to Cascais, Estoril and Lisbon.

Alaska. It's not a country though but it is one of the last Great Wildlife Refuge left of the world. The state is so clean and the soil is so fertile that they usually held a competition for "Biggest Vegetables".

Yeah, Portugal is very clean, Viseu, Coimbra,Aveiro very clean cities

Which country is do you think cleanest?
Antarctica

Antarctica

:rofl:

NEW ZEALAND

Check out this picture forum! I rekon New Zealands the cleanest
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=433953&page=22

This is the Auckland picture forum. Auckland is NZ's largest city

I can only go by the countries I have visited but I would say...

Canada & Singapore, both beautiful countries in their own way and both very clean!

england is dirtiest country in west europe,. uk ? uk even not like a country . should be a orgnization .

Hey why dont u shut up, I dont go around insulting your countries. This thread is cleanest countries, not titled making fun of other countries. You piss me off just because you think you know every country, and how dare you compare somalia to india and china. Keep your comments to yourself and answer the question or dont reply at all.

i actually thought he was being honest, but the way you've reacted...guess not.

In the countries I have been to, I am most impress with New Zealand. Even public toilets in rural places are kept clean.

As a Singaporean, I would say Singapore is clean, but not spotless. There are areas where it could have done better. One such area are the public toilets. Still a far cry from what I have seen in New Zealand.

As for littering, I sort of think it seems had got a little worst in recent years, especially since the large influx of foreign labour from nearby asian countries. I have seen many cases of Chinese nationals just split on the road whenever they like. Can't really blame them as they are new here and old habits die hard but still....haiz...

By the way, Singapore, being such a small country does have its own set of problems to handle. Issues like the city is running out of space for the next refuse dump, enduring the water catchment areas, which are very close to populated and industry areas do post challenges to the administration to the country.

well dubai is not a country but for a desert city looks clean. i'd think some scandinavian countries, switzerland, some western european and nz is clean (nz due to its pristine location and so forth more so than other developed countries)

new zealand / australia duh~

the 10 greener countries

Paris - Finland, Iceland and Norway head the countries more ´verdes´ of the planet, simultaneously worried about their environment and the well-being of their population, according to a classification of 141 nations that publishes east Thursday Reader Digest, in that Uruguay appears ninth.

In parallel, Scandinavia is made both of first positions of palmarés of the 72 great cities where he is more pleasant to live, with Stockholm and Oslo at the top, in front of Múnich and Paris, and far from megalópolis Asian like Bombay, Shanghai and Beijing, that are red lantern.

In the classification by countries, the ten first places correspond to Europe, with the exception of Uruguay, that appears in ninth position.

In the same one, France appears in the position number 16, Germany in the 21, the United States in the 23 and Great Britain in the 25.

Algeria, the country better classified of Africa, only appears in 72ª position and last the 30 places of the list occupy African countries, with the exception of Haiti (that is not an African country), in position 132. The last ones of the classification are Niger, Mountain range Lioness, Burkina Ditch, Chad and Ethiopia.

The classification by countries was made from environmental criteria, like the quality of the air, the water, the biodiversity or the gas discharge with effect conservatory, but also to social criteria like the gross internal product, the education, the unemployment and the life expectancy.

The classification is the result of the combination of the Indicator of Development Human, structured by the United Nations, and Index 2005 of sustainable development, elaborated by the North American universities of Yale and Columbia, and by World-wide the Economic Forum.

As far as the cities, the equipment of Reader Digest collected local data and they leaned in the data base of the Union the International of Transports Public (that considers elements that go of the sweepings, the recycling, the price of the electricity and the contamination by particles, to the green spaces and the collective transports).

From the 22 of September, these classifications, as well as the detailed results and the set of used criteria could be consulted in Internet (www.selectionclic.com).

AFP

The cleanest country in the world is without doubt,Japan

No offence but the level of hygiene in Japan is much higher than any countries in Western Europe ( where cleanest being Swizerland ), North America, Southeast Asia ( including Singapore ) , and Gulf States that i've visited. Am very impressed with how clean and efficient things in Japan is.

I really care about cleanliness -- and am very sensitive even to a piece of dirt around me.

singapore, new zealand, japan

Iceland.

Bangladesh, India, China, Mexico

the cleanest....? for sure none developed county, i think some african countries are the cleanest cuz they do not have industries like japan, USA, or europe don't you think....


so i think they are the cleanest cuz they dont damage the enviroment with polution

:):banana:

Switzerland, Canada, Mongolia and Maldivas

i think Switzerland or Austria are very clean..probably Scandinavian countries too!but,obviously anatctica is the cleanest:lol: with no pollution and no trash!

Switzerland, Sweden and Germany I'd vote for - especially Stockholm as a city - I mean no heavy industry at all? That's got to do something for the air quality!

The question is much too subjective. What does clean mean? Cleanliness? Pollution emissions? Clean air? Clean water? Clean homes? My answer would vary widely depending on what, precisely, is being asked.

Switzerland, Sweden and Germany I'd vote for - especially Stockholm as a city - I mean no heavy industry at all? That's got to do something for the air quality!

Have you been to Japan ?

^^ No I've not. Hence me not being able to pass judgement. I've heard that it is very clean though!

Singapore, Japan, New Zealand and Scandinavian countries

Singapore, Japan, New Zealand and Scandinavian countries

I wouldn't personally say New Zealand as they are in the top 5 highest carbon emissions per capita. ;)

Out of the urban areas though - it is lovely and clean green.

Places like Fiji, Seychelles, and tiny atolls are infinitely cleaner than the ones being listed. Japan? I wonder which pollutes more, Fiji or Japan?

Great, this thread got hijacked by green nuts.

It started out asking which gives you the sense of being clean when you're there, and people turned it into another carbon footprint, pollution emissions debate.

Yawn

Great, this thread got hijacked by green nuts.

It started out asking which gives you the sense of being clean when you're there, and people turned it into another carbon footprint, pollution emissions debate.

Yawn

Is traffic not part of a place feeling "clean"? If you're finding that the smell of exhaust fumes pervades the pavement you're walking on then you can't help but think "sheash this isn't very pleasant". Nothing to do with being a "green nut".

no point separating traffic vehicle pollution from cleanliness feeling in this question

Great, this thread got hijacked by green nuts.

It started out asking which gives you the sense of being clean when you're there, and people turned it into another carbon footprint, pollution emissions debate.

Yawn

It's the same thing.

On most of threads such as this, one could always safely mention Denmark. And second-guessing I would mention Netherlands. Singapore may be sporting very clean streets, the government though can be very corrupt.

On most of threads such as this, one could always safely mention Denmark. And second-guessing I would mention Netherlands. Singapore may be sporting very clean streets, the government though can be very corrupt.

Corruption has no business to do with this topic on cleanliness, especially when the use of "corrupt" here is not even correct at all.

Don't flame me, just stating fact, not an opinion. :)

Yea since when is Singapore's government considered "very corrupt"?

Last time I checked, Singapore was one of the five LEAST corrupt countries in the world

Traffic fumes do matter, but its an entirely different thing to try to factor carbon footprint/industrial pollution emissions into the equation.

A country can emit a lot of pollution yet still feel clean, it all depends on how that pollution is handled.

Singapore is the perfectly cleanest country in the world :D ....

On most of threads such as this, one could always safely mention Denmark. And second-guessing I would mention Netherlands. Singapore may be sporting very clean streets, the government though can be very corrupt.


Eusebius,

Singapore consistently ranks among the top of countless global rankings of least corrupt countries (Transparency Intl, Forbes, etc etc), outperforming most of her counterparts in the developed world. In fact, the rise of the city-state to its current developed 1st-world status is largely accredited to the incorruptibilty of its administration.

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

1 Denmark
1 Finland
1 New Zealand
4 Singapore
4 Sweden
6 Iceland
7 Netherlands
7 Switzerland
9 Canada
9 Norway
11 Australia
12 Luxembourg
12 United Kingdom
14 Hong Kong
15 Austria
16 Germany
17 Ireland
17 Japan
19 France
20 United States

Your astonishingly poor command of current affairs and general knowledge is apalling. Please save yourself further mockery by maintaining restrain before you sprout gibberish again.

Meanwhile, lets not veer off course from what this thread is all about, since when has corruptabilty got anything to do with urban cleanliness. Cheers man.

Definetely not the US.

I think it depends. If you live in the Northeast, like me, you live in a pigsty. Boston is filthy, as is New York. But, I'm always surprised by how clean California is.

The cleanest country in the world is without doubt,Japan

No offence but the level of hygiene in Japan is much higher than any countries in Western Europe ( where cleanest being Swizerland ), North America, Southeast Asia ( including Singapore ) , and Gulf States that i've visited. Am very impressed with how clean and efficient things in Japan is.

I really care about cleanliness -- and am very sensitive even to a piece of dirt around me.

No offense taken, though that level of cleanliness could be construed as pathological. We're talking about a country where you can get suits that mimic vending machines to "hide" from criminals ... seriously ... Can you say mass psychosis?

where you can get suits that mimic vending machines to "hide" from criminals

woah... really?

when talking about the cleanest nations (I have visited), including everything from freeway to pigsty...

1st: Norway, Denmark, Switzerland
2nd: Netherlands, Austria
3rd: Germany, Sweden, France
4th...: the rest