Comprenew @ GoodwillA Synergistic Business Alliance to Provide 100% Diversion of

Electronics from Landfills.

Jim Borowski, CEO

Goodwill Industries of Northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigangan

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 Services

• Work Force Development

Donated Goods

• Receive donations from the community

• Value added by “sorting”, “pricing”, and “marketing”

• Revenue• Provides jobs• Pays bills• Property tax• Sales tax

• Salvage

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 donationsEach year, we protect and preserve our natural resources by diverting close to 8 million pounds of unwanted and unneeded goods that would otherwise end up in landfills, turn into useless trash and cause further pollution. Thanks to our recycle-reuse efforts, these items are put to good use and benefit individuals and families who need them 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 jobs• 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 refurbisherheadquartered 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

• 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

Ghana China India

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

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’S MODEL – CONT.

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.

COMPRENEW @ GOODWILL

Questions?

Contact Information for Jim Borowski

Phone number: (906) 290-2364

E-mail address: jborowski@gwnwup.org