The N.C. Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) seeks viable, well-planned proposals from recycling businesses in North Carolina that build lasting, private-sector capacity to divert materials from the waste stream and create jobs in North Carolina.
Donor Name: North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 11/17/2022
Size of the Grant: $60,000
Grant Duration: 10 months
Details:
For the purposes of this grant program, a recycling business is defined as a business or a nonprofit organization that accepts, collects, and/or recycles materials from outside sources to create a value added feedstock for intermediary processing or end-use recycled product manufacturing.
- Priority Project Grants
- Priority Project Grants support investments in the private recycling sector that RBAC has determined to be of particular importance to North Carolina’s recycling infrastructure. Proposals addressing these needs are strongly encouraged and will be identified as Priority Projects, making them eligible for additional points and additional funding. 2023 RBAC Recycling Business Development Grant priorities include:
- Projects that expand, upgrade, or improve the capacity and/or efficiency of a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF). For the purposes of this grant, a MRF is defined as a facility that receives, separates and prepares commingled residential recyclables for downstream commodity markets.
- Projects that establish or expand processing capacity for recycling plastics.
- Projects that establish or expand processing capacity for recycling paper.
- Projects that build or expand the capacity of a manufacturer to utilize recycled plastic or paper in the manufacturing of new products.
- Projects to increase the recyclability of electric vehicle batteries or solar panels. Electronics recyclers managing these materials must be R2 or e-Stewards certified to receive priority consideration.
- Priority Project Grants support investments in the private recycling sector that RBAC has determined to be of particular importance to North Carolina’s recycling infrastructure. Proposals addressing these needs are strongly encouraged and will be identified as Priority Projects, making them eligible for additional points and additional funding. 2023 RBAC Recycling Business Development Grant priorities include:
- Standard Project Grants
- Standard Project Grants include any projects that divert recyclable materials from disposal and deliver materials back into economic use but fall outside of the 2023 priorities. Examples include but are not limited to recycling collection infrastructure, processing equipment, facility improvements, or manufacturing investments to create new products using recycled materials.
Funding Information
- Standard Project: Applicants may request any amount of grant funding up to a maximum of $40,000.
- Priority Project: Applicants may request any amount of grant funding up to a maximum of $60,000.
- After the grant is awarded, it is anticipated that the grant contract period will begin on March 1, 2023 and end on December 31, 2023.
Who is eligible?
- Private-sector recycling business applicants are eligible for funding under this grant cycle.
- For the purposes of this grant program, a recycling business is defined as a business or a nonprofit organization that accepts, collects, and/or recycles materials from outside sources to create a value-added feedstock for intermediary processing or end-use recycled product manufacturing.
- One funding request per applicant will be accepted. Former applicants are eligible to apply for 2023 grant funding.
- Current 2022 grantees and previously awarded grantees with current extensions are eligible to apply under the following conditions:
- the project has been completed and the contract is closed; or,
- the grantee has requested reimbursement and received approval for at least 90% of their grant award by November 17, 2022.
Eligible Projects
- RBAC seeks viable, well-planned proposals from recycling businesses and nonprofit organizations in North Carolina.
- The goal is to build lasting, private-sector capacity to divert materials from the waste stream and create jobs in North Carolina. Grant money is intended to assist with capital costs for physical infrastructure to increase the capacity or improve efficiency of a recycling operation. Grant money cannot be used to cover land purchases, salaries, labor costs, general operational expenses, marketing, or the cost of contract processing.
For more information, visit NCDEQ.
