UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc.
Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Component of Federal Bureau of Prisons Established in 1934 by statute & Executive Order Provides training & work experience to Federal inmates Receives NO appropriations – entirely self-sustaining Trade name - UNICOR
UNICOR’s Positive Impact Inmates in UNICOR are 24% less likely to recidivate upon release Supports small businesses (more than 60% of UNICOR purchases) Essential to maintaining safe and secure correctional facilities
UNICOR – 7 Business Groups Clothing/Textiles Electronics Fleet Solutions Industrial Products Office Furniture Recycling Services
UNICOR Recycling Business Group Locations 7 processing factories Atwater, CA Fort Dix, NJ Leavenworth, KS Lewisburg, PA Marianna, FL Texarkana, TX Tucson, AZ 7 collection centers Atlanta, GA Denver, CO Miami, FL Phoenix, AZ Dublin, CA Sheridan, OR Washington, DC
UNICOR’s Solution Donation in lieu of abandonment and destruction Benefits the donor (agency, company, or individual), the environment, and public safety & health
Accepted Items Computer equipment (desktops, laptops, printers monitors, mainframes/servers, monitors, modems, CD-rom drives, plotters, circuit boards, memory sticks/boards, hard/floppy drives) Office equipment (copiers, fax machines, shredders, power strips) Communication equipment (cell phones, Blackberrys, PDAs ) A/V equipment (TVs, radios, cable boxes, Tivos, DVRs, MP3s) Games (X-box, Game Boy, Play station, Nintendo, Wii) Misc electronics (calculators, cameras, electronic scrap)
Items NOT Accepted No Hazardous Equipment Oils / PCBs Acids Refrigerants Paints or liquids of any kind Radioactive material
UNICOR Recycling Business Group Process for Incoming Material Recycling / Sorting Testing Reconditioning / Refurbishing Component Recovery Residual Material Recovery FY 2009 – 39 million lbs FY 2010 – 43 million lbs FY 2011 (to date) – 18.9 million lbs
Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers (R2) R2 Certified! (Lewisburg – 4/15/11) R2 underway (Leavenworth & Marianna) R2 within 6 months (Ft Dix, Texarkana, Tucson, Atwater) ISO-9001:2008 – all factories
UNICOR Environmental Stewardship OSHA compliant Compliant with all Federal, State and local EPA regulations Full-time Safety Manager at each location 3RD party inspections
UNICOR - Data Security Hard drive & data destruction Hard drive wipe Meets Department of Defense 5220.22-M Standard
Recycling Business Group Questions? Janice Aragon Program Manager UNICOR Recycling Business Group (202) 305-3768 office 209-564-6890 cell jaragon@central.unicor.gov www.unicor.gov/recycling/ Recycling Business Group