[
UK
/pəlˈuːtɐ/
]
[ US /pəˈɫutɝ/ ]
[ US /pəˈɫutɝ/ ]
NOUN
- a person or organization that causes pollution of the environment
How To Use polluter In A Sentence
- He typically determines the nature and level of the demands to be made of a polluter.
- America is working on plans to triple its aviation industry, a big polluter. Times, Sunday Times
- Sixth and last, some polluters felt that meeting the standards was just too darn expensive and threatened plant closures.
- Given that pollution levels relate to fuel consumption, private cars and taxis are also the greatest polluters.
- They're not only seen as polluters, but as Bad People, as selfish and immoral individuals.
- The point that the video makes -- and which is made in much more depth in the excellent new report "Carbon Trading - how it works and why it fails" -- is not only that it doesn't actually deliver emissions reductions but it also comes at great costs - such as dispossession of indigenous peoples - whilst rewarding the main polluters. Steve Kirsch: New Poll Shows Americans Prefer Fee-and-Dividend
- SAN FRANCISCO - California is poised to formally adopt the nation's most comprehensive so-called "cap-and-trade" system, designed to provide a financial incentive for polluters to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
- That is, the costs of pollution are externalized, since the polluter does not have to include them in its production costs.
- This text analyze the overall water quality protection system, from the laws establishment, polluters participation system, to the headwater recovery, facility construction and so on.
- The monsters represented the top offending single-use plastic polluters: bags, straws, water bottles, bottle caps, cutlery, and 6-pack rings. Lisa Kaas Boyle: Youth Movement to Reduce Plastic Pollution