enviro

[en-vahy-roh]

noun

plural

enviros 

1. Informal.,  an environmentalist.

enviro

/ ɪnˈvaɪrəʊ /

noun

1. informal,  an environmentalist

Word History and Origins

Origin of enviro¹

First recorded in 1985–90; by shortening

Example Sentences

Edible Paris is one section you’ll find on the city’s long, ambitious enviro menu — a larger regreening of the City of Light into the City of Lighter Environmental Impact.

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AP Enviro does cover climate change, according to the College Board, but it’s also more broad.

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The JBM Enviro waste-to-energy facility runs like a coal-fired power plant — it uses heat from burning feedstock to turn water into steam that powers a turbine.

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“In other countries, governments take waste as a public problem, while in India, it is left to the private player to address it like a business opportunity,” says Yogesh Mittal, chief financial officer of JBM Enviro, which runs the Sonepat waste-to-energy plant.

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Typically, such plants require feedstock able to generate up to 4,000 kilocalories per kilogram to guarantee steady returns, but Indian waste only generates around 1,000, according to estimates shared by JBM Enviro’s Mittal.

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