The Porterville Sheltered Workshop's entire business is creating work activity for developmentally disabled adults. Through recycling programs, the Porterville Sheltered Workshop is able to employ and offer jobs to over 500 disabled adults. Recycling is the key component to their industry. The Porterville Sheltered Workshop runs a recycling center and has a Value Village Thrift Store where the majority of the merchandise is used. The Value Village Thrift Store takes in donations of appliances, furniture, clothing, etc. The Porterville Sheltered Workshop is now involved in confidential document shredding. The shredded paper is then sold to a paper company for re-manufacturing. The company also has a Log Project that is based on using wax corrugate to generate fire logs. The Porterville Sheltered Workshop is currently participating in an alternative energy program and has diverted over 100,000 pounds of waxed corrugate from the waste stream. In addition, they are still producing wax corrugate fire logs, which consist of four pounds of wax corrugate per log. These fire logs are currently being supplied to all Save Mart Supermarkets throughout the State of California, as well as Morris Levin & Son hardware chains.
