polluter

American  

[puh-loot-er] / pəˈlut ər /

noun

1. a person, company, nation, etc., that pollutes the natural environment.

2. a source or agent of noise pollution or light pollution.

3. a person or thing that introduces unwanted or harmful elements into anything.

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Example Sentences

What’s more, the companies responsible for AI don’t want to seem like polluters.

From Barron's

In its judgment, the High Court said BHP was a “polluter” under Brazilian environmental law and “liable for damage caused to the environment and to third parties by the collapse of the dam.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"BHP are strictly liable as 'polluters' in respect of damage caused by the collapse," of the dam, the High Court in London said in its ruling following a large-scale trial.

From Barron's

But he said policy uncertainty in the world's biggest carbon polluter meant it was too early to declare it had reached a peak.

From Barron's

For example, fossil fuel use actually fell in China in the first half of this year, a remarkable change for a country that remains the world’s biggest climate polluter.

From Los Angeles Times