Goodwill’s Green Works (“GGW”), a nonprofit industrial recycling subsidiary of Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit, provides employment opportunities to hard-to-employ Detroit residents, particularly the formerly incarcerated and chronically unemployed. Employees recycle and repurpose industrial and household waste materials, including cable wiring, transformers, and refrigerators, diverting over 19 million pounds from the landfill in 2022.

GGW supports employees’ paths to stability by pairing paid work with wrap-around services. NMTCs will finance working capital/operating expenses and the purchase of equipment to support the growth of GGW’s sustainable appliance recycling social enterprise that occupies a 94,000 sq. ft. facility (the “Project”). Specifically, GGW will expand its transformer deconstruction and appliance recycling program operations to support the retention and creation of quality and accessible jobs in positions such as reclamation associate.

Additionally, the NMTC funding will be a valuable resource that helps GGW pursue new lines of business, including appliance repair, EPS recycling, and textile recycling, creating paid training and permanent employment opportunities.