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A grant from Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery

Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant

This is a California revolving loan program for eligible businesses, nonprofits, and public entities pursuing projects that prevent, reduce, or recycle recovered waste through value-added processing or manufacturing. Its stated purpose is to stimulate use of California-generated postconsumer and secondary waste materials as raw materials or feedstock. California project location is required, and location in a designated RMDZ is preferable. Award amounts, cost share, deadlines, loan terms, and application requirements are not supplied in the packet and should be confirmed with CalRecycle.

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Time remaining

Rolling or unknown

Application load

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Geography

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.

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Organization size

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Program area

Environment & Water

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Population served

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Matching funds

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Plain-English explanation

Plain-English explanation

This is a California revolving loan program for eligible businesses, nonprofits, and public entities pursuing projects that prevent, reduce, or recycle recovered waste through value-added processing or manufacturing. Its stated purpose is to stimulate use of California-generated postconsumer and secondary waste materials as raw materials or feedstock. California project location is required, and location in a designated RMDZ is preferable. Award amounts, cost share, deadlines, loan terms, and application requirements are not supplied in the packet and should be confirmed with CalRecycle.

Editorial analysis

What the funder is trying to accomplish

CalRecycle’s stated purpose 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. The program encourages California-based recycling businesses that prevent, reduce, or recycle recovered waste materials through value-added processing or manufacturing.

Editorial analysis

Strong-fit project signals

The applicant is a private for-profit entity, an eligible nonprofit other than a private school, or an eligible city, county, city and county, regional or local sanitation agency, waste agency, or joint powers authority. The project is physically located in California. The project prevents, reduces, or recycles recovered waste materials through value-added processing or manufacturing. The project uses postconsumer or secondary waste materials generated in California as raw material or feedstock. The project is in a CalRecycle-designated RMDZ; the program states that such a location is preferable.

Editorial analysis

What reviewers may prioritize

The packet provides no formal scoring criteria or reviewer rubric. Based on the stated purpose and eligibility rules, the most defensible alignment priorities are eligible entity status, California project location, the recovered-material input, the value-added processing or manufacturing activity, and the project’s connection to use of California-generated postconsumer or secondary materials as raw material or feedstock.

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Source-backed synopsis

What this grant funds

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.”

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Decision economics

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Award range
Not specified
Total program funding
Not specified
Expected awards
Not specified
Geography
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.
Cost share
Not specified
Assistance listing
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Mission alignment

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Geographic fit

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.

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Working plan

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The generated milestones are planning aids. Only the official notice establishes required dates.

Requirements captured

Other requirements
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

Official deadline

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Source record

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Verification
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Source
state CA
Last checked
8/23/2026, 8:51:39 AM
Content updated
8/13/2026, 9:36:58 AM
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Material changes

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Quick answersFrequently asked questionsGet concise answers about Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant.
Is Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant currently open?

Yes, based on the latest source record. The deadline is Not specified. Because funders can amend or extend notices, confirm the date and submission instructions on the official application page. The source was last checked 8/23/2026.

How much funding does Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant provide?

Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant lists Not specified per award. The expected number of awards has not been captured, so the award range alone should not be treated as an estimate of competitiveness.

Who can apply to Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant?

Business; Nonprofit; Public 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 Applicants should still complete the eligibility quiz and verify every condition in the official notice; a general fit does not override exclusions or registration requirements.

Does Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant require matching funds?

The captured source facts do not clearly establish a matching-funds requirement. Do not assume that means no match is required: review the budget and cost-sharing sections of the official notice before approving the project budget.

What should I prepare before applying to Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program Grant?

Effort unclear is expected. The captured requirements include other requirements. Start by confirming eligibility and registrations, then work backward from Not specified using the preparation plan above.

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