Top 10 Most Environment Friendly Countries in the World

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A politically neutral nation with some of the world's cleanest drinking water, unpolluted air and no landfills, it charges its citizens for waste disposal.

About 35,000 sq.km of this tiny country is covered with forests and peat bogs. Its capital with a population of one million is considered to be one of the cleanest cities in Europe.

With almost all of its power generated by hydropower, this country has pledged to become Carbon Neutral by the year 2030, with virtually no industrialized Carbon emissions.

Through their national Resource Centre for Environmental Technologies (CRTE), this landlocked country leads in areas of eco-design, eco-construction and renewable energies.

Reknowned among eco travellers for its rainforests, this country aims to become Carbon Neutral by 2021. Almost 27% of the country's lands are protected by a network of National Parks and Biological Reserves.

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This country has become one of the major investers in Offshore Wind Farm Technology and closed down its last coal mine in 2004. It is one of the most cleanest countries in the world and has suspended GM crops.

This tiny landlocked country is widely recognized as one of the world's best destinations for sustainable tourism. 70% of its electricity is generated from renewable energy sources and 60% of its waste is recycled.

Although not traditionally associated with green living, this country became the first in the European Union to ban the use of plastic bags by all retailers in 2011.

This country has adopted Low Carbon Transition Plan which aims at 30% of renewable and of 40% of low CO2-content fuels in electricity generation by 2020.

This country has recieved an award from the UN for ozone layer protection and plans to completely phase out the use of fossil fuel by the end of 2020. Some of its cities run entirely on biofuels.