eco-friendly

    adjectiveBand 6informal

    UKˈiːkəʊ ˌfrendli
    USˌikoʊˈfrɛndli

    Not harmful to the environment.

    A glass water bottle, a bamboo toothbrush, a cotton tote bag and beeswax food wraps laid out on a wooden table
    Things made to be reused: eco-friendly products do not harm the environment.

    The company uses eco-friendly packaging.

    More shoppers are choosing eco-friendly products.

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    eco-friendly for the environmenteco-friendly

    Eco-friendly already means not harmful to the environment.

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    Words that go with eco-friendly: eco-friendly products; eco-friendly packaging; go green.

    Similar and opposite

    Similar
    greenenvironmentally friendlysustainable
    Opposite
    pollutingharmful

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