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UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc. NPMA - Federal Center Chapter Workshop January 28, 2015 – Arlington, VA.

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1 UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc. NPMA - Federal Center Chapter Workshop January 28, 2015 – Arlington, VA

2 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

3 UNICOR’s Positive Impact Inmates in UNICOR are 24% less likely to recidivate upon release Also 12% more likely to find and maintain employment upon release FY 2014 – 39 million pounds of e-waste avoided going to landfills

4 UNICOR Recycling Locations 7 processing factories Atwater, CA Fort Dix, NJ Leavenworth, KS Lewisburg, PA Marianna, FL Texarkana, TX Tucson, AZ 8 collection centers Atlanta, GA Denver, CO Fort Worth, TX Miami, FL Phoenix, AZ San Francisco, CA Sheridan, OR Washington, DC Devens, MA – February, 2015 New York City (Brooklyn Navy Yard) – February, 2015

5 UNICOR Recycling Factories R2:2013 Certified Lewisburg, PA – Certified Leavenworth, KS – Certified Marianna, FL – Certified Fort Dix, NJ – Certified Texarkana, TX – Certified Tucson, AZ – Certified Atwater, CA – Certified

6 UNICOR Recycling Factories Additional Certifications ISO 9001 – Quality ISO 14001 – Environmental Management OHSAS 18001 – Occupational Health & Safety

7 All Federal Government Departments/Agencies Contractors Utilizing Federal Equipment State/Local/Municipal Governments Charitable/Non-Profit/Civic Groups/Orgs School Systems & Private/Public Schools Private Companies Individuals UNICOR Authorized to Receive Material from any Source in U.S.

8 UNICOR’s Solution Donation in lieu of abandonment and destruction Landfill - avoidance 39 million lbs of material collected in FY 2014 Benefits the donating agency, the environment, and public safety & health

9 Shipping Sorting Testing Reconditioning / Refurbishing Component Recovery Residual Material Recovery UNICOR Recycling Process for Incoming Material

10 UNICOR - Data Security All hard drives and media-storage devices from Federal Government agencies are destroyed via shredding. Shredders grind all media storage devices into sizes no larger than ¾ of inch Hard drives, cell phones, thumb drives

11 UNICOR – Material Tracking Track FEA by agency & location, item, serial number, and disposition Agency/Office name Location (city, state) Type of item (monitor, printer, computer, phone) Serial # Refurbished for reuse or de-manufactured for scrap Accountable property, whole items (no peripheral item or components)

12 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Official determination – “Contributions to FPI are tax- deductible under section 170(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code, provided that the contributions are made for exclusively public purposes.” Item donated to UNICOR for recycling = tax deduction Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Donations to UNICOR

13 Full Truck (24 pallets) – Free from any location Washington, DC area – any material (no minimum) (Baltimore to Northern Virginia) UNICOR factory locations and collection locations (no minimum) Remote locations – UNICOR teaming w/ state governments UNICOR - Free Shipping or Pick-up

14 FREE shipping from any location (full trailer load) FREE pick-up (Wash, DC area – all collection locations) FREE refurbishment FREE recycling FREE data destruction Costs avoided!!! Each pound of electronic material donated to UNICOR results in significant savings in appropriations otherwise required by the Dept of Justice for inmate program costs. UNICOR – Your Full-Service Option for E-Waste Disposal

15 UNICOR -- Accepted Items Computer equipment (desktops, laptops, printers, monitors, mainframes/servers, 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, TiVo's, DVRs, MP3s) Games (X-box, Game Boy, Play station, Nintendo, Wii) Other devices w/ circuit boards (calculators, cameras)

16 UNICOR -- Accepted Items (con’t) Metal equipment (metal file cabinets, metal storage cabinets, metal lockers, metal shelving, metal folding chairs, metal typewriters) Batteries (all types of batteries except for alkaline batteries. For example, UNICOR accepts lead acid batteries, nickel-cadmium batteries, lithium batteries, carbon-zinc batteries, etc.) Communication Wire (copper wire, phone wire, coaxial cable, and computer wire are all accepted, but no fiber optic cable)

17 UNICOR Recycling Items NOT Accepted No furniture with any wood or fabric No tapes of any kind – VCR tapes, backup tapes No Hazardous Equipment Oils / PCBs Acids Refrigerants Paints or liquids of any kind Radioactive material

18 UNICOR Environmental Stewardship R2 Certified (also ISO 9001, 14001 & OHSAS 18001) OSHA compliant Compliant with all Federal, state and local environmental regulations Full-time Safety Manager at each location 3 RD party audits

19 Todd Baldau Deputy General Manager UNICOR Recycling Business Group (202) 353-2091 office (301) 536-8797 cell Todd.Baldau@usdoj.gov www.unicor.gov/recycling/ Todd.Baldau@usdoj.gov Questions?

20 Antwoine Davis Program Manager UNICOR Recycling Business Group (202) 305-3953 office (202) 309-9836 cell Antwoine.Davis@usdoj.gov www.unicor.gov/recycling/ Antwoine.Davis@usdoj.gov Questions?


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