Funding
Grants, Payments, and LoansCalRecycle offers funding authorized by legislation to help public and private entities create circular waste systems.
Open Applications
Open grant applications are updated often. Click on the listed grant for details on:
– Eligibility – Funding – Grant Cycles – Grantees
- Tire-Derived Aggregate Grant Program
Application Due Date: December 6, 2023 - Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program
Application Due Dates: January 9, 2024 (Cycle 81);
April 2, 2024 (Cycle 82) - Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program
Application Due Date: January 17, 2024 - Community Composting for Green Spaces Grant Program
Application Due Date: January 23, 2024 - Greenhouse Gas Reduction Loan Program
Application Due Date: Continuous - Recycling Market Development Zone Loan Program
Application Due Date: Continuous - Redemption Pilot Project Program
Application Due Date: Continuous
Application and Grant Management Tools
Applicants can apply online for many of CalRecycle’s grant programs by using the Grants Management System (GMS).
The GMS Information page provides:
- Information on access and search functions
- Forms
- Grant Writing Tips
- Scoring Criteria
- General Resources and Links
Grants
CalRecycle offers competitive funding for projects that help California reach its climate change goals.
Click on the drop-down menus below for lists of grants each category is eligible for.
Local Governments / Jurisdictions
- Beverage Container Recycling Grant
- Beverage Container Redemption Pilot Project Program
- Co-Digestion Grant Program
- Community Composting Grant Program
- Edible Food Recovery Grant Program
- Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program
- Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant Program
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Local Enforcement Agency Grant Program
- Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grants
- Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup Grants
- Local Government Waste Tire Enforcement Grants
- Organics Grant Program
- Recycled Fiber, Plastic, and Glass Grant Program
- Reuse Grant Program
- Rubberized Pavement Grant Program
- SB 1383 Local Assistance
- Solid Waste Disposal and Codisposal Site Cleanup Program
- Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) Grants
- Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant
Tribal Entities
- Beverage Container Recycling Grant
- Community Composting for Green Spaces
- Edible Food Recovery Grant Program
- Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program
- Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant Program
- Household Hazardous Waste
- Local Government Waste Tire Amnesty Grants
- Local Government Waste Tire Cleanup Grants
- Organics Grant Program
- Recycled Fiber, Plastic, and Glass Grant Program
- Reuse Grant Program
- Rubberized Pavement Grant Program
- Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) Grants
- Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant
Schools (districts, UCs, CSUs, etc.)
Local Conservations Corps
Local Conservation Corps provide recycling services and implement litter abatement projects for collecting and recovering beverage containers, used oil, electronic waste, and tires.
Non-Profit Businesses
Payment Programs
CalRecycle administers payments based on statute to assist in the implementation of used oil and beverage container recycling.
Loans
CalRecycle administers loan programs based on statute to assist recycling manufacturers in waste reduction and climate change initiative infrastructure.
Used Oil Payment Program (OPP)
Assistance to develop and maintain used oil and used oil filter collection/recycling programs.
Beverage Container Recycling Payment Program
Funding available to eligible cities and counties for beverage container recycling and litter cleanup activities.
Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) Loans
Direct loans to businesses that undertake projects to reduce the waste resulting from the manufacture of a product.
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Loans
Loans to promote in-state development of infrastructure to process California-generated organics and other recyclable materials into new value-added products.
Inactive or Discontinued Grants
Listing of CalRecycle’s Inactive and Discontinued Grant and Loan Programs.
For more information contact: Financial Assistance, grants@calrecycle.ca.gov