The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) seeks to provide grants to recycling processors and manufacturers in Massachusetts that will create sustainable markets and add value to municipal and business recycling efforts.
Donor Name: Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
State: Massachusetts
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 04/08/2022
Size of the Grant: $50,000 to $400,000
Details:
The 2010-2020 Massachusetts Solid Waste Master Plan sets a goal to reduce the amount of waste disposed of in Massachusetts by 30% below the 2018 baseline level by 2030. The Master Plan relies on a comprehensive mix of strategies to reduce waste disposal, whether through source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, or other options. One key element is fostering local recycling markets, particularly for targeted materials that lack strong markets and demand. Stronger local recycling markets support a robust, sustainable, and cost effective recycling infrastructure. At the same time, these local markets will also foster economic development and job creation.
Funding Information
Selected applicants receive grant awards of between $50,000 and $400,000.
Applicant Requirements
- Any business funded by the RBDG must have a location in Massachusetts where the proposed recycling or recycling related activity such as aggregation, processing, reclaiming, or reuse will occur. All grants made under the RBDG should provide a measureable economic benefit to Massachusetts.
- Applicant must be a company or corporation (for-profit or non-profit) properly licensed to do business in the Commonwealth.
- Applicant must have been in substantial compliance with federal and state environmental laws for the past three years.
- The minimum grant award for 2021 grants is $50,000 and the maximum grant award is $400,000.
- A minimum financial match of 25% is required. (e.g., the minimum applicant match amount for a $100,000 grant request would be $25,000. These must be direct contributions from the applicant, exclusive of other State or Federal grants or loans.)
Material Requirements
Only projects related to the list of eligible materials will be funded. Projects to increase recycling of other materials will not be considered. MassDEP reserves the right to amend the list of eligible materials between grant cycles.
Eligible materials for 2021 grants are:
- Container glass: developing market outlets and uses for container glass sourced from MRFs
- Furniture: household, commercial or institutional furniture, including reuse or recycling
- Construction & Demolition Materials: project proposals targeting cardboard, wood, metal or clean gypsum wallboard that will increase the process separation rate at C&D handling facilities
- Textiles: reuse or recycling of textiles such as clothing, clean footwear, bedding, towels, curtains, and fabric into new products
- Food Materials: use of source separated food scraps, with a particular focus on food material streams that may contain packaging or other contamination, for composting, intermediate processing to supply anaerobic digestion facilities, or similar processes
- Mattresses: dismantling and recycling of mattresses at a processing facility
Activity Requirements
Eligible grant funded activities include:
- Processing activities, which include those reclaiming activities that aggregate, dismantle, densify, shred, bale, culletize or otherwise process eligible materials.
- Manufacturing activities, which include those activities that manufacture products with eligible materials.
- Reuse means those activities that use an eligible material again, either in its original state or with refurbishment, for its original purpose or for a non-traditional purpose.
For more information, visit MassDEP.
