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[https://www.unep.org/resources/report/resource-efficiency-and-climate-change-material-efficiency-strategies-low-carbon Resource Efficiency and Climate Change, Material Efficiency Strategies for a Low-Carbon Future], published by the UN Environment Programme in 2020, defines Using Less Material by Design (ULD) as a Material Efficiency (ME) strategy: ‘…regarding reducing the size or solid mass of products, which reduces the amount of materials in the product and potentially also the energy required for operation (e.g. using less steel in the bearing structure of buildings and shifting from light trucks to passenger cars or microcars).’

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