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PolySteel Earns Cradle to Cradle Certification from MBDC

25th June 2008

PolySteel Earns Cradle to Cradle Certification from MBDC

 PolySteel is pleased to announce that the complete line of its Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs)
have earned Silver Certification from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) under the
Cradle to Cradle SM (C2C) Evaluation Protocol.  MBDC is widely recognized as a leader in the
independent evaluation of how products contribute to the health and sustainability of our
environment and to the principles of the C2C concept of “Remaking the Way We Make Things,”
and eliminating the concept of waste.  The PolySteel PS•3000 Waffle Grid ICFs, PS•4000 Flat Wall
ICFs, and the PolyPro KD Flat Wall ICF are the first Insulating Concrete Forms to achieve this
important recognition and place an important milestone on the path for PolySteel and ICF
technology as a valued contributor to the improvement of our built environment and the betterment
of the world we live in.

 “PolySteel is committed to improving our quality of life by improving the quality of the
structures we build, the lives of those involved in the process, and the environment in which we
all live, work, and play as we strive to become better human beings, and leave the world a little
better than we found it.” related Paul Boyce, MD of PolySteel UK Ltd.  “We see the C2C design
concept as a process that is not only consistent with this vision, but will also assist us in
measuring our progress along a path that leads beyond sustainability to truly restorative design
and construction.”

 Cradle to Cradle Certification involves a rigorous review of both the product and the
Company with regards to using environmentally safe and healthy materials, designing products for
material reutilization, such as continuous recycling or safely composting, conservation of energy
and the use of renewable energy, water stewardship, and instituting strategies for social responsibility.
Maintaining C2C Certification is a dynamic process and requires constant progress and vigilance,
even to stay at the same level of certification.  “We believe the C2C framework will help us move our
suppliers, our customers, and even our competitors, in the direction of increased environmental and
social responsibility as we strive to improve our own efforts along this path,” added Patrick Murphy,
President of American PolySteel.  “We are grateful for and inspired by the leadership demonstrated by
BASF for their earlier work to have their Styropor Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) recognized by MBDC as a
Technical Nutrient, as EPS constitutes the largest volume of material in our products.  Accordingly,
it is our hope to provide an example and support for those companies who choose to work with us in
improving the sustainability of the entire PolySteel building system.


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