beneficial

adj

1. Helpful or good to something or someone.

   “Recycling and reusing garbage can be beneficial to the environment.”

   “Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.”

   “Yes, there are microbes everywhere and most are just fine for us, perhaps even beneficial to our microbiomes and immune systems. We don’t care about those.”

2. Receiving a benefit from something.

   “the beneficial owner of a company”

3. Relating to a benefice.

noun

1. Something that provides a benefit.

   “Daytime temperatures may be too hot for just-released beneficials, and birds and other predators are out in full force during the day.”