nonpolluter en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + polluter.
Meanings
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One who, or that which, does not pollute.
In 2005, the European Union, the major market for Gazprom, introduced a cap-and-trade scheme that allows polluters to buy credits that allow them to pollute and nonpolluters to sell pollution credits that they won’t use.
2007 April 25, Andrew E. Kramer, “Russian Energy Giant to Bundle Carbon Credits With Gas Sales”, in New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonpolluters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |