Comprenew @ Goodwill A S ynergistic Business Alliance to Provide 100% Diversion of Electronics from Landfills. Jim Borowski, CEO Goodwill Industries of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan gan
Mission • “ Changing lives through the power of work.” • By providing a “ hand up,” not a “ hand out.”
History • Established in 1965 • A 501(C) corporation • One of 160 independent Goodwill organizations in North America • Under the direction of Goodwill International • Branding • Territory • Directed by volunteer Board of Directors • Community based
Operations • Three distinct businesses • Donated Goods (retail) • Industrial S ervices • Work Force Development
Donated Goods • Receive donations from the community • Value added by “ sorting” , “ pricing” , and “ marketing” • Revenue • Provides j obs • Pays bills • Property tax • S ales tax • S alvage
Salvage • Textiles • Metals • Trash Target = 0 Waste
Commitment – People served • 6000+ referrals to our agency 2017 • 400+ individuals receive a paycheck 2017 • 278 employees with disabilities receiving pay • 65,000 hours of training/ service • Top 20 of ALL Goodwill stores nationwide in terms of individuals served per capita • Total payroll - $4.5 million ($500K people with disabilities) • Payroll taxes - $550,000
Commitment – Community • 151,232 donations received • 8.0 million pounds (lbs.) of donations Each year, we prot ect and preserve our nat ural resources by divert ing close t o 8 million pounds of unwanted and unneeded goods t hat would ot herwise end up in landfills, t urn int o useless t rash and cause furt her pollut ion. Thanks t o our recycle-reuse effort s, t hese it ems are put t o good use and benefit individuals and families who need t hem most • $100,000+ in property taxes paid • $360,000 in sales tax collected
Industrial Services • Third leg of Goodwill where we can work with communities, businesses, and other partners to provide a service and create j obs • Light assembly • Packaging • Document destruction • Light manufacturing • Customers • Caterpillar • Michigan Tech • Tyco • Ansul • Others
We are leveraging our recycling experience and community mission with Comprenew’s similar mission to create Comprenew @ Goodwill
Comprenew is a nonprofit electronics recycler and refurbisher headquartered in Grand Rapids, MI The only non-profit in the world certified to the highest standards. Serves corporations, municipalities, and residents across the state. Approximately 50% of material is from corporations and 50% from residents. Team consists of 50 employees, 45 Participants, and over 570 volunteers.
THE GLOBAL ELECTRONICS ISSUE Ghana India China • In 2016, 44.7 million metric tons of e-waste were generated. This is an equivalent of almost 4,500 Eiffel towers. (Global E-Waste Monitor 2017) • Old television sets as well as CRT (cathode ray tube) monitors contain approximately 4-8 pounds of lead. • It takes 530 lbs of fossil fuel, 48 lbs of chemicals, and 1.5 tons of water to manufacture one computer and monitor, according to the Electronics TakeBack Coalition
COMPRENEW’S MODEL Reuse orientation - stores Disassembly as a starting point for individual capacity development. Work experience Service Learning Comprenew Connect – working on the digital divide. Tent Schools International.
COMPRENEW’S MODEL – CONT. Strong educational, collection, and process partnerships. Our certifications and standards E-Stewards – follows International law – limits exports and has strong downstream controls. R2 – tightly controls downstream.
COMPRENEW @ GOODWILL A union business collaboration of two companies that have thrived on donations and diversion from landfill Both having strong processes for collection. Goodwill will follow all the compliance requirements. Comprenew @ Goodwill will carry all the certifications and standards We will continue the tightly controlled downstream. We are beginning with Community Collection Events then eventually simply accept all electronics at Stores. We will eventually have resale and training.
Questions? Contact Information for Jim Borowski Phone number: (906) 290-2364 E-mail address: j borowski@ gwnwup.org
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