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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 GroupLocations
• 7 processing factoriesAtwater, CA Fort Dix, NJLeavenworth, KS Lewisburg, PAMarianna, FL Texarkana, TXTucson, AZ
• 7 collection centersAtlanta, GA Denver, COMiami, FL Phoenix, AZDublin, CA Sheridan, ORWashington, 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
• 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
UNICOR Recycling Business GroupProcess for Incoming Material
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
UNICOREnvironmental 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
Janice AragonProgram Manager
UNICOR Recycling Business Group(202) 305-3768 office
209-564-6890 [email protected]
www.unicor.gov/recycling/
Questions?