polluter
Noun
Meaning
One who pollutes.
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Coca-Cola emerged as the worst polluter of the four companies in the report by far, with emissions greater than the other three combined.
It shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay."
Instead of increased reliance on mineral production in China, a major polluter, Washington should encourage domestic mining under world-leading environmental and labor standards.
Reliance on septic systems or effluent disposal in open canals and river systems remains the norm, and is a major polluter of water resources.
The main idea of the declaration was that prevention is better than the cure and the polluter should pay. 1979 saw the partial meltdown of Three Mile Island in the USA.
This is just one step in the big picture of getting them to be accountable for all these emissions as they are the largest air polluter in regard to mercury and lead, as well as nitrogen oxide and sulfur dioxides in the city.