Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program

Who can apply

BusinessNonprofitPublic Agency

Eligible Applicants: 1) Private, for-profit entities 2) Nonprofit organizations (except private schools) 3) Local government entities Cities, counties, and cities and counties Regional or local sanitation agencies, waste agencies, and joint powers authority

Where: All projects must be located in California, preferably in a CalRecycle designated RMDZ, which can be determined by entering the project physical address into the CalRecycle RMDZ Zone Search, Map, and Profiles section of the web site.

Purpose

The Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program combines recycling with economic development to fuel new businesses, expand existing ones, create jobs, and divert waste from landfills.

Description

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administers a Recycling Market Development Zone Loan Program to encourage California-based recycling businesses located within California financing businesses that prevent, reduce, or recycle recovered waste materials through value-added processing or manufacturing. The purpose and importance of the RMDZ Program is set forth in Section 42001 of the California Public Resources Code:  “The purpose of this chapter [is] to stimulate the use of postconsumer waste materials and secondary waste materials generated in California as raw materials used as feedstock by private business, industry, and commerce.”

Important dates

Opened

Aug 3, 2020

Application deadline

Ongoing

Expected award announcement

N/A

Period of performance

Continuous

Funding details

Estimated amount per award

Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.

Expected number of awards

Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.

Letter of intent required

No

Matching funds

Not Required

Funding source

State

Funding source notes

State Revolving Loan Fund

Funding method

Advance(s)

How to apply

Read the full guidelines on the grantor's site, then apply there. Nothing is submitted through this site.

• Grant guidelines & application ↗
• Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery ↗
• Original listing on grants.ca.gov ↗

Questions about this grant: email: [email protected]; tel: 1-916-341-6199;