Business Funding Opportunities

If you are interested in starting a recycling-related business in California or interested in receiving funding for a specific recycling-related project, there are several options available. Listed below are several funding opportunities that have come to our attention. The Division of Recycling also awards grants each year to businesses, non-profit organizations and government organizations such as schools, cities and counties within California.

Alameda County Waste Management Authority
777 Davis Street, Suite 100
San Leandro, CA 94577
(510) 614-1699
(510) 614-1698 (FAX)
acwma@stopwaste.org

Grants available to public agencies, non-profit organizations, private businesses and educational institutions in Alameda County interested in projects that promote source reduction, recycling and the development, marketing and use of recycled content.

California Integrated Waste Management Board
Public Affairs Office
1001 I Street
P.O. Box 4025
Sacramento, CA 95812
(800) 229-2783 (CA only)
(916) 341-6000
www.CIWMB.ca.gov

Resource Guide for Recycling-Based Businesses (October 2001) is a guide to direct users to sources of services and assistance from government and private agencies about loans, licenses, taxes and regulations pertaining to your business. It covers financial, business, permitting, and technical assistance from local, State, and federal sources.

Environmental Protection Agency Region IX
Jobs Through Recycling Grant Program
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
www.epa.gov/jtr/
Contact: Kathy Kaplan
kaplan.kathy@epa.gov
(415) 744-2105

The goal of the JTR program is the fostering of recycling/reuse businesses that increase the use of recyclable or reusable materials and contribute to economic development and job creation.

Environmental Protection Agency Region IX
Pollution Prevention Incentives for States Grants
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
Contact: Leif Magnuson
(415) 744-2153
magnuson.leif@epamail.epa.gov

The PPIS supports state, tribal, territory and regional programs that address the  reduction or elimination of pollution across all environmental media: air, land  and water.

Environmental Protection Agency Region IX
75 Hawthorne Street
San Francisco, CA 94105-3901
(415) 744-1500
www.epa.gov/region09

Funding Sources for Solid Waste Projects in EPA Region 9 - November 1995 is an EPA publication with categories in education, pollution prevention, recycling, solid waste management planning and general environmental programs.

National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR)
3770 Nations Bank Corporate Center
100 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
Contact: Mike Schedler
(704) 358-8882
(704) 358-8769 (FAX)
www.napcor.com

Grants up to $30,000 are available to companies attempting to commercialize a technology or product that would open new markets for recycled PET bottles.

Office of Economic Adjustment
Department of Defense
400 Army Navy Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22202
Contact: Sue Traylor
(703) 604-5676

Defense Economic Adjustment Planning Programs are discretionary grants which provides funds to state, local and tribal governments, public agencies and non-profits who will be impacted by base closures.