Notice of Funds Available: Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program (FY 2019-20)

Eligibility

Applicants

• Eligible applicants include cities, counties, or cities and counties in California, as identified by the California Department of Finance, unless otherwise determined by CalRecycle.

Projects

• New or existing curbside recycling programs.
• Neighborhood drop-off recycling programs
• Public education promoting beverage container recycling.
• Litter prevention and cleanup where the waste stream includes beverage containers that will be recycled.
• Cooperative regional efforts among two or more cities or counties, or both.
• Other beverage container recycling programs.
• Supporting AB 341 Mandatory Commercial Recycling requirements.
  • Infrastructure for businesses to recycle beverage containers.
  • Support for new or existing beverage container recycling programs for multi-family residential dwellings.
  • Public education and outreach that includes a beverage container-recycling component.

Funding

• $10,500,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2019-20.
• Cities are eligible to receive a minimum of $5,000 and counties are eligible to receive a minimum of $10,000 per grant award.
• The calculation is based upon the population in the incorporated areas of a city, or a city and county, or the unincorporated area of a county as of January 1, 2019. (Department of Finance E-1 Population Estimates for cities, Counties and the State with Annual Percent Change–January 1, 2018 and 2019. Sacramento, California, May 2019.)

Timeline and Cycle Details

Timeline and Cycle Details for FY 2019-20

Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program Homepage

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