Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program
Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
Who can apply
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
About this opportunity
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.”