Why New Zealand is a Green Country

New Zealand is considered a green country by the rest of the world, but why? New Zealand is just an ordinary, plain one. Why is it considered a green country?

We New Zealanders hardly litter. It is to everyone’s pleasure that we keep the environment clean, not only by not littering but also by not cutting down natural forests (In fact, we aren’t even allowed to cut down trees without permission from the government), and by planting more trees. What’s more is that everyone helps so there is no hassle in which we worry about the nation not co-operating. In other nations, the law might even be stricter but no one listens so it doesn’t differ. The most one can do is give a fine but what’s the point? The damage is already done and although that person might cease to litter or cut down trees, the other citizens still might and their offspring also might.

No doubt that New Zealand has the least nuclear waste in the world since we don’t even do nuclear testing and develop no nuclear weapons. Nuclear power has always been a thing we New Zealanders opposed and one that we always will, for, we don’t encourage war and especially ones that involve nuclear weapons.

New Zealand encourages sustainability which means we recycle everything we can by either reusing it or throwing it in the recycling bin. Used paper can make cardboard, coke cans are cleaned, repaired and sent back to the supermarket. Similar things such milk cartons are recycled the same way. Schools keep compost bins to throw away food scraps in a better way.

For another fact, at least you can’t look directly at the sun (when there are no clouds blocking the view) for more than a second without getting sore eyes in New Zealand. From other countries such as China, India, Korea, Japan and a lot of Asia, you can because there is so much pollution in the air that it fogs up your view of the sun.

That is why New Zealand is one of the cleanest countries in the world at present.