The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administers a program to provide opportunities for local governments/other eligible jurisdictions to receive payments for used oil and used oil filter collection/recycling programs.
Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/28/2023
Size of the Grant: $10,000
Grant Duration: 24 months
Details:
Funding Information
- $6,000,000 is available (the amount available is subject to change, based on the availability of oil funds) for fiscal year (FY) 2023–24, subject to an approved State budget and funding availability as determined by CalRecycle.
- Per Capita Funding
- Payments are calculated per capita using the Department of Finance’s population statistics.
- Small jurisdictions will be provided a minimum award of $5,000 for cities and $10,000 for counties.
- Jurisdictions may also apply regionally and pool their funds
Cycle Terms
The term of the OPP cycle is 24 months (July 1, 2023–June 30, 2025).
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants
- Eligible applicants are limited to local governments, which are defined in statute as “any chartered or general law city, chartered or general law county, or any city and county.” CalRecycle may make a payment to another entity that will implement the program on behalf of a local government (in lieu of making a payment to that local government) with the agreement of that local government.
Activities
To be eligible to apply for a payment under this program, applicants must:
- Have either one certified used oil collection center per 100,000 residents and/or a curbside collection program that includes used oil/used oil filter collection at least monthly.
- Have a public education component (in their program) that informs the public of locally available used oil/used oil filter collection/recycling opportunities.
- Accept the terms set out and be in compliance with the program provisions.
For more information, visit Used Oil Payment.
