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Design for the environment
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<p>Design for the environment (DfE) is a design approach to reduce the overall human health and environmental impact of a product, process or service, where impacts are considered across its life cycle. Different software tools have been developed to assist designers in finding optimized products or processes/services. DfE is also the original name of a <a href="/facts/United_States_Environmental_Protection_Agency/ghI985SI">United States Environmental Protection Agency</a> (EPA) program, created in 1992, that works to prevent pollution, and the risk pollution presents to humans and the environment. The program provides information regarding safer <a href="/facts/Chemical_substance/EWcXU41d">chemical formulations</a> for cleaning and other products. EPA renamed its program <a href="/facts/EPA_Safer_Choice/9JVjN7KE">"Safer Choice"</a> in 2015. </p>