eco-friendly

Or ec·o·friend·ly

[ee-koh-frend-lee, ek-oh-]

adjective

1. safe or good for the environment; green.

   This program aims to promote eco-friendly waste disposal.

Word History and Origins

Origin of eco-friendly¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

She talks rapid-fire for eight straight minutes without interruption about sustainability as a personal project, ticking off all the ways she tries to be more eco-friendly in everything that she does.

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They may also enable the creation of other eco-friendly, brain-like computing tools that cost less to produce.

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His online bank, Aspiration, had attracted buzz and A-list investors like Robert Downey Jr. and Leonardo DiCaprio with its eco-friendly pitch, but by 2022 it was running out of money.

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Vince has raised Forest Green's profile by implementing eco-friendly initiatives such as making Rovers all-vegan and winning recognition from the United Nations as the world's first carbon-neutral football club in 2018.

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In four new studies published in ACS journals, researchers reveal how food waste can offer eco-friendly tools for agriculture and new sources of beneficial compounds for medicine.

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