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How Things Work: Design for sustainability

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Did you know that approximately 80 percent of a product’s environmental impact is determined at the design phase? When designing for sustainability, we take a multi-disciplinary approach in which our design, science, engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams work together to deliver the most sustainable solutions possible.

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