0 a person or organization that pollutes --
1 a person or organization that pollutes --
2 a person or organization that puts harmful substances or waste into the water, air, etc., causing damage to the environment: --
The region's third-largest industrial polluter reduced its emissions by about a third.
By looking at the nature of production in these firms, it was seen that 94.56 per cent of firms could not be viewed as potential polluters.
The common law in many poor countries, if we are permitted to use this expression in a universal context, de facto recognizes polluters' rights, not those of the pollutees.
The authorities check polluters' reports in several ways, including internal consistency, consistency with material balance models, historical data from the facility, direct monitoring, and surprise inspections.
The regulations require the use of 80 per cent for grants or loans to co-finance abatement by polluters who have paid a levy and have abatement investment projects.
Nevertheless, if local officials are subject to competitive electoral pressure, they need to be responsive to the diffuse public which is adversely affected by activities of the few polluters.
Moreover, polluters are now charged once pollution load exceeds 30 per cent of the threshold level.
Thus, the energy-intensive industries, which were considered to be major polluters, were more carefully regulated by the local governments than other industries.
Certainly the coal-using business lobby used its in-uence and resources to complicate, delay or weaken attempts by the courts or smoke inspectorates to penalize polluters.
