Silver-Line Plastics™ First to be Certified to PPFA's SM-CAP

GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Feb. 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) is pleased to announce that Silver-Line Plastics is the first North American plastic pipe producer to be certified to PPFA's "Sustainable Manufacturing Conformity Assessment Program for Plastic Piping Components" (SM-CAP).  The program certifies reductions in a manufacturer's year-over- year environmental footprint by careful analysis and measurement of resource use.

Ricky Silver, President and CEO of Silver-Line Plastics, said:  "We are pleased PPFA has established a program that pushes industry facilities to improve their environmental footprint and create efficiencies in our manufacturing processes.  Silver-Line Plastics is also thrilled to be the first company to have a facility certified under this program and expects to have all of its plants certified by year's end.  It was a thorough task that required us to examine many of our own processes, but it lead us to make good changes and we certainly believe it was well worth it." 

Certification to SM-CAP means that a facility meets the requirements set forth in PPFA's "Sustainable Manufacturing Standard (SMS-01-2012)".  The standard establishes requirements for measuring both the existing environmental performance and the continuous improvement thereof by manufacturers of plastic piping system components. SMS 01-2012 applies to those who manufacture plastic piping system components and to the resources used in their manufacture.

SM-CAP creates year-to-year reductions in water use, energy use, packaging materials waste, material conversion efficiency, and product material waste.  In addition criteria are set to promote plant safety, safe product use, continual participation in industry Life Cycle Analysis, maintaining certification for American National Standards governing product quality and safety, and generally lowering the company's environmental footprint.

Richard Church, PPFA's Executive Director stated, "While the plastic pipe and fittings manufacturing process is very clean by any comparison to other manufacturing processes, our members felt PPFA needed to create a program that challenged the industry to continue to improve the process to leave less and less of an environmental footprint.  Our certification program lays the foundation for this to happen." 

For more information on the PPFA Sustainable Manufacturing Conformity Assessment Program for Plastic Piping Components" program please visit:  http://www.ppfahome.org/smcabout.aspx.

For more information on Silver-Line Plastics Corp., visit:  http://www.slpipe.com/

The Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association (PPFA) represents the leading manufacturers of plastic piping, fittings and solvent cements for plumbing and related applications, and leading suppliers of raw materials, ingredients or machinery for the manufacturing process.  To learn more about PPFA, visit the website at www.ppfahome.org.

Contact: Jeff Church, 630-858-6540, [email protected]

SOURCE Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association