Recovering assets. Empowering People.

About Us

Goodwill’s Green Works recycles waste materials from industrial structures. Using the commodity market, Green Works breaks down scrap material and resells and distributes them for the opportunity at a second life. Some of these materials include cable wiring, transformers, or even household refrigerators!

The Green Works facility uses ‘clean room’ processing to help break down and process environmentally sensitive materials. They offer low-cost solutions for labor intensive operations. Green Works is proud to work with a variety of customers, including a 70+ year partnership with DTE Energy.

Green Works helps prepare individuals with the skills for middle-class factory employment positions. It provides real life experiences in a professional environment. Green Works offers both transitional work* experience and independent employment** opportunities for individuals in our programs, and in the community. Green Works provides a second chance for employees and trainees to redirect their own lives in a more productive and meaningful way.

* Transitional work experience: This is employment that provides real working experience in a supportive environment. It is paid, and lasts for a limited period of time.

** Independent employment: Placements are part-time and time-limited, generally from 15-20 hours per week and from six to nine weeks in duration. This type of placement is generally associated with A Place of Our Own Clubhouse.