The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is seeking applications for its Tire-Derived Aggregate Grant Program to provide opportunities to divert waste tires from landfill disposal, prevent illegal tire dumping, and promote markets for recycled-content tire products.
Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 07/17/2025
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: Grant Duration Not Mentioned
Details:
The Tire-Derived Aggregate (TDA) Grant Program (Program) provides assistance for solving a variety of engineering challenges. TDA, which is produced from shredded tires, is lightweight, free-draining, and a less expensive alternative to conventional lightweight aggregates.
Project Categories
Projects generally fall into one of five categories:
- Category 1: Mechanically Stabilized TDA (retaining walls).
- Category 2: Low Impact Development (storm water mitigation including storm water infiltration galleries).
- Category 3: Lightweight fill (slope stabilization, embankment fill, landslide repair, and retaining walls).
- Category 4: Vibration mitigation (under rail lines).
- Category 5: Landfill application (aggregate replacement projects such as leachate and gas collection systems, drainage layers, leachate injection).
Funding Categories
- $750,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2025-26
- $375,000 per grant award.
Eligibility Criteria
- All California local government entities (including cities, counties, and cities and counties).
- Special districts (including transportation districts).
- Joint Powers Authorities (JPA) (where all JPA members are also otherwise eligible applicants).
- Public school districts.
- All California State agencies (including offices, departments, bureaus, and boards).
- University of California campuses, the California State University campuses, and California Community Colleges.
- Private, for-profit entities. For purposes of this Program, a “private, for-profit entity” (PFP) is defined as a business intended to operate at a profit and return a profit to its owner(s).
- Non-profit organizations (except private elementary or secondary schools) registered with the federal government under section 501(c)(3), (c)(4), (c)(6), or (c)(10) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- Qualifying Tribal Entities. A Qualifying Tribal Entity is defined as a tribe, band, nation or other organized group or community, residing within the borders of California, which:
- is recognized for special programs and services provided by the United States because of the status of its members as Native Americans; or
- can establish that it is a government entity, and which meets the criteria of the grant program.
For more information, visit CalRecycle.
