Recycling Market Development Zone Revolving Loan Program
🏛 Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (California)
✓ Free, no account · Source: California Grants Portal · Last verified Nov 1, 2026
Can you apply?
This grant is for California workforce education and training organizations seeking to establish peer personnel training and placement programs. Applicants likely include community colleges, workforce development boards, and training providers operating in California. The program supports recruitment, outreach, career counseling, training, placement assistance, and participant support services. Financial assistance may be provided to eligible participants as part of the training component.
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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% |
| 2025-2026 | 4 | 3 | 75% |
Source: California Grants Portal
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