English

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Etymology

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From non- +‎ polluter.

Noun

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nonpolluter (plural nonpolluters)

  1. One who, or that which, does not pollute.
    • 2007 April 25, Andrew E. Kramer, “Russian Energy Giant to Bundle Carbon Credits With Gas Sales”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.