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UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

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.

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UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc.

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  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 GroupLocations • 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 GroupProcess 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. UNICOREnvironmental 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 5220.22-M Standard

  13. Recycling Business Group Janice AragonProgram ManagerUNICOR Recycling Business Group(202) 305-3768 office209-564-6890 celljaragon@central.unicor.govwww.unicor.gov/recycling/ Questions?

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