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Industrial Decarbonization:
The Role Of Material Efficiency Strategies

extraction, processing and transformation creates waste. Therefore the
reduction of the ensuing scrap is an important strategy that prevents waste
and concerns all stages. Most strategies suggested during the production
stage aim to reduce material losses and excessive material consumption in
the production stage of the materials or products. Thus, material losses can
happen not only in metal, but also in non-metallic materials. Such strategies
include the re-melting and reshaping of metal while in the case of non-metallic
materials, it involves reducing the supply amounts that exceed the amounts
needed for the production , directing the excess materials to different uses
and developing better storage and warehousing methods.

c. The Use Stage and Strategies

The use stage covers the final use and consumption of the manufactured
goods.At this stage, the focus is the consumption of the manufactured good;
not production. . Overall, the use stage strategies aim to enable a product to
be more durable when it reaches the final consumer. Thus, these strategies
include increasing the lifespan of a material or a product by decreasing the
production of new material, the repair of products, the intensive use and
sharing of the manufactured product or to be produced, and enabling.
Repair involves the repair of a product as in the repair of a bike with broken
brakes instead of buying a new bike. This will save the materials needed for
the production of a new bike. On the other hand, intensive use refers to the
use of a product by more people. An example to this strategy can be the
more intensive use of cars through carpooling and car-sharing. According to
IRP report (2020b), one of the strategies with the most potential for material
efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction is the intensive use of
thesestrategies. Additionally, reuse strategies that can be applied before
the end of a product life include directing consumers towards the use of
second hand goods, and repurposing a product to continue its consumption.
Preferring a second hand car instead of a new one, the use of steel oil drums
or metal barrel as a container for watering/feeding animals, or as a compost
box, can be given as some well-known examples to these strategies. However,
these strategies will influence not only pre-supply preparation, but also the
consumer experience, causing a change in consumer preference. Therefore,
they can gain functionality depending on the consumer preference and need.
Raising awareness of sustainability in consumers is the strategy that should
be emphasized in the use stage.. This will lead customers that may prefer less
emission-intensive products to lean towards products with a smaller design,
less emission and less material intensity, but the same functionality.

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