190 likes | 381 Views
UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc. General Services Administration Catskill Conference - August 25, 2011. Federal Prison Industries, Inc. Component of Federal Bureau of Prisons Established in 1934 by statute & Executive Order Provides training & work experience to Federal inmates
E N D
UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc. General Services Administration Catskill Conference - August 25, 2011
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 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 San Francisco, CA Sheridan, OR Washington, DC Fort Worth, TX (Oct, 2011)
Electronics RecyclingIndustry Standards – R2 • Multi-stakeholder group led by EPA • Goal - develop safe & environmentally sound standards • Result – “Responsible Recycling Practices for Electronics Recyclers” a.k.a. “R2” • Ensures best practices & provides essential assurances to customers • An electronics recycler may only be certified as meeting the R2 standards by a 3rd party auditor – very rigorous
UNICOR Recycling FactoriesR2 Certified Lewisburg, PA – R2 Certified Leavenworth, KS – R2 Certified Marianna, FL – R2 Certified Fort Dix, NJ – R2 Certified Texarkana, TX – Sept 1st(next week) Atwater, CA – Sept 30th Tucson, AZ – Oct 19th
National Strategyfor Electronic Stewardship • Interagency task force co-chaired by: • White House Council on Environmental Quality • Environmental Protection Agency • General Services Administration
National Strategyfor Electronic Stewardship • Report issued July 20th • Four over-arching goals: • Build incentives for design of greener electronics • Ensure Federal Government leads by example • Increase safe/effective management & handling of used electronics in U.S. • Reduce harm from U.S. exports of e-waste; improve safe handling of used electronics in developing countries
National Strategyfor Electronic Stewardship • Ensure Federal Government leads by example • Establish policy on used Federal electronics to: • Maximize re-use (UNICOR does!) • Clear data stored on used equip (UNICOR does!) • Ensure all Federal electronics processed by certified recyclers (UNICOR is R2 Certified!) • Improve tracking used electronics throughout lifecycle – make data available (UNICOR does!)
UNICOR’s Solution • Donation in lieu of abandonment and destruction • Landfill - avoidance 43 million lbs of material collected in FY 2010 • Benefits the donating agency, the environment, and public safety & health
UNICOR RecyclingProcess for Incoming Material • Shipping • Sorting • Testing • Reconditioning / Refurbishing • Component Recovery • Residual Material Recovery
UNICOR - Data Security • Emphasized in National Strategy • Hard drives wiped in accordance with Dept of Defense standard 5220.22-M • 3rd party forensic inspection - verifies • Destruction – hard drives & other media shredded to no more than ¾ of inch
UNICOR - the BEST Optionfor Federal E-Waste Disposal • FREE shipping (trailer loads) • FREE refurbishment • FREE recycling • FREE data destruction • Costs avoided!!! • Every pound of electronic material donated to UNICOR results in savings of $0.20 in Federal appropriations that would otherwise be required by Department of Justice for inmate program costs.
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, Tivos, DVRs, MP3s) • Games(X-box, Game Boy, Play station, Nintendo, Wii) • Misc electronics (calculators, cameras, electronic scrap)
UNICOR - - Items NOT Accepted • No Hazardous Equipment • Oils / PCBs • Acids • Refrigerants • Paints or liquids of any kind • Radioactive material
UNICOREnvironmental Stewardship • R2 Certified • OSHA compliant • Compliant with all Federal, state and local EPA regulations • Full-time Safety Manager at each location • 3RD party inspections
Recycling Business Group Todd BaldauDeputy General ManagerUNICOR Recycling Business Group(202) 353-2091 office(301) 536-8797 celltbaldau@central.unicor.govwww.unicor.gov/recycling/ Questions?