1. UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

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
Supports small businesses (more
than 60% of UNICOR purchases)
Essential to maintaining safe and
secure correctional facilities

4. UNICOR – 7 Business Groups
Clothing/Textiles
Electronics
Fleet Solutions
Industrial Products
Office Furniture
Recycling
Services

5. 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

6. UNICOR’s Solution
Donation in lieu of
abandonment and
destruction
Benefits the donor (agency, company, or individual), the environment, and public safety & health

7. 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)

8. Items NOT Accepted No Hazardous Equipment Oils / PCBs Acids
Refrigerants
Paints or liquids of any kind
Radioactive material

9. 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

10. 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

11. UNICOR Environmental Stewardship
OSHA compliant
Compliant with all Federal, State and local EPA regulations
Full-time Safety Manager at each location
3RD party inspections

12. UNICOR - Data Security Hard drive & data destruction Hard drive wipe
Meets Department of Defense M Standard

13. Recycling Business Group
Questions?
Janice Aragon Program Manager UNICOR Recycling Business Group (202) office cell
Recycling Business Group