UNICOR Federal Prison Industries Inc GSA Personal Property

UNICOR Federal Prison Industries, Inc. GSA Personal Property Disposal Training Webinar March 24, 2016

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 Also 12% more likely to find and maintain employment upon release FY 2015 – 41 million pounds of e-waste avoided going to landfills

UNICOR Recycling Locations 7 processing factories Atwater, CA Lewisburg, PA Tucson, AZ Fort Dix, NJ Marianna, FL Leavenworth, KS Texarkana, TX 10 collection centers Atlanta, GA Denver, CO Fort Worth, TX Miami, FL NYC (Brooklyn) Phoenix, AZ San Francisco, CA Seattle, WA Sheridan, OR Washington, DC

GSA Guidance on Disposal of = Federal Electronic Assets GSA Bulletin FMR B-34 (issued Feb 29, 2012) Cites Exec Order #13514 – Federal Leadership in Environmental Performance and National Strategy for Electronic Stewardship Use certified recyclers when disposing of FEA www. gsa. gov/graphics/ogp/FMR_Bulletin_B-34. pdf

UNICOR Recycling Factories R 2: 2013 Certified Lewisburg, PA – Certified Leavenworth, KS – Certified Marianna, FL – Certified Fort Dix, NJ – Certified Texarkana, TX – Certified Tucson, AZ – Certified Atwater, CA – Certified

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

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

UNICOR’s Solution Donation in lieu of abandonment and destruction Landfill - avoidance 41 million lbs of material collected in FY 2015 Benefits the donating agency, the environment, and public safety & health

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

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

Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Donations to UNICOR Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Official determination – “Contributions to FPI are taxdeductible 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

UNICOR - Free Shipping or Pick-up 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 – Your Full-Service Option for E-Waste Disposal 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 -- 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, Ti. Vo's, DVRs, MP 3 s) Games (X-box, Game Boy, Play station, Nintendo, Wii)

UNICOR -- Accepted Items (con’t) 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 all accepted, but no fiber optic cable)

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

UNICOR Environmental Stewardship R 2: 2013 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

Questions? 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/