The correct answer is Germany. Explanation & Key Takeaways: Green Dot Programme • The Green Dot system was thought up by Klaus Töpfer, Germany's environment minister in early 1990. • It is a symbol used on packaging in some European countries and signifies that the producer has made a financial contribution toward the recovery and recycling of packaging in Europe. • It was 20 years ago that Germany realized its exceeding capacity of waste disposal sites. • And since 1996 with the help of policymakers, the government has started implementing strict environmental laws. • At first, the government’s focus was to make the disposal sites safe and clean. • Later they realized that safe disposal is not enough and the resources can be utilized by recycling. • They also started working on how the use of resources can be reduced in order to generate minimum waste. • Simultaneously, special rules were imposed on the producers and distributors to generate minimum waste while designing their products and to allow eco-friendly recovery of the residual substance. • This is how Germany inculcated values of the 3 R’s(Reduce – Reuse – Recycle) and started progressing towards zero garbage.