The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers the Tire Incentive Program to provide opportunities for the diversion of 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: 08/04/2023
Size of the Grant: $25,000 – $500,000
Details:
The Tire Incentive Program (TIP) provides a reimbursement (as an incentive payment program) to eligible businesses that use (recycled) crumb rubber in eligible products or substitute crumb rubber for virgin rubber, plastic, or other raw materials in products. The program’s goal is to increase demand for crumb rubber and promote higher value products.
Funding Information
- $3,200,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2023–24
- The minimum is $25,000 and the maximum is $500,000 per grant award.
Eligible Projects/Products
- Eligible products include:
- A new or existing product that has not benefited from the Tire-Derived Product Grant Program.
- An existing or new/improved product currently manufactured with virgin rubber, plastic or other material which will be produced with a minimum of five percent crumb rubber and may be co-extruded, injected, calendered or otherwise combined (also known as “feedstock conversion”). This includes compounded rubber and calendered sheet rubber as intermediate products.
- An existing or new/improved product currently manufactured with virgin rubber, plastic or other material which will be produced with a minimum of five percent devulcanized crumb rubber and may be co-extruded, injected, calendered or otherwise combined. This includes devulcanized crumb rubber as an intermediate product.
- An existing or new/improved product that will use fine (≤50) mesh crumb rubber. Particle size and particle size distribution are determined in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) D5644 and D5603 and will be verified by CalRecycle or a CalRecycle contractor.
- Critical elements that affect the eligible product category are:
- New or existing TDPs – The product is currently being produced or is reconfigured to serve a different purpose/market. However, the product does not require significant reformulation and formal testing/certification.
- Feedstock conversion – The product was previously produced with virgin (or natural) rubber and may be chemically or physically combined with another raw material and the product will require significant reformulation and, perhaps, formal testing/certification.
- Devulcanized crumb rubber – The product was previously crumb rubber that has undergone a non-thermal devulcanization process.
- Fine mesh – The product will use fine (≤50) mesh crumb rubber (that must be originally produced by a California waste tire processor).
Eligibility Criteria
- Private entities must be authorized to conduct business in the State of California, by either being registered with the California Secretary of State as a business located in California, being registered as a foreign (out–of–state or out–of–country) business or processing a business license issued by a California city, county, or city and county.
- Private, non-profit entities, in addition to being registered with the California Secretary of State, must also be registered with the California Department of Justice, and appear on their Registry of Charitable Trusts. If a non-profit entity is excluded from registering with the Department of Justice, proof must be provided with the application.
- Eligible applicants include:
- Manufacturers that produce (or will produce) an eligible product.
- Waste tire processors that also manufacture an eligible product.
- Manufacturers of devulcanized crumb rubber.
- Rubber compounders.
- Manufacturers of calendered rubber sheeting products.
- Manufacturers that produce products on a contract basis for other companies provided they have that other company’s written permission to produce an eligible product and receive the incentive.
For more information, visit CalRecycle.
