Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program
🏛 Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Jul 10, 2026
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Program 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.”
Who can apply
Eligible applicants
How to apply
Application links
Program contact
- 📧 loans@calrecycle.ca.gov
- 📞 1-916-341-6199
Funding track record
Past applications & awards under this program (California Grants Portal) — how competitive it is.
By fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Applications | Awarded | Award rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 8 | 5 | 63% |
| 2021-2022 | 8 | 4 | 50% |
| 2022-2023 | 10 | 6 | 60% |
| 2023-2024 | 3 | 3 | 100% |
| 2024-2025 | 5 | 2 | 40% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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