CalRecycle provides the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant Program to help clean up and prevent illegal dumping on farm or ranch property.
Donor Name: California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle)
State: California
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 04/15/2026
Size of the Grant: $100,000 to $500,000
Grant Duration: 2 Years
Details:
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers the Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Grant pursuant to Section 48100 of the Public Resources Code. The purpose of the grant is to clean up illegally dumped material on farm and/or ranch property.
Funding Information
- $1,000,000 available for each fiscal year.
- Up to $200,000 is the maximum available per applicant per fiscal year (FY).
- $50,000 is the maximum available per cleanup site.
Grant Period
The grantee will have approximately two years to complete the project.
Eligible Projects
- The parcel where the site is located is zoned or authorized for agricultural/rangeland use definition of Farm and Ranch Property as defined in Title 14 CCR§ 17991(d)
- The site is used, has been used, or could be used for agricultural/rangeland activities
- The intended future use of the site is consistent with the Property definition above.
- Neither the applicant, nor the property owner, nor any resident, invitee, licensee, lessee, or person the current property owner purchased or inherited from, by contract, agreement, or other arrangement, brought any of the subject solid waste onto the property.
- The aforementioned parties did not direct, authorize, permit or otherwise provide consent to another to bring the solid waste onto the property. Moreover, “unauthorized” disposal of solid waste and/or waste tires has occurred.
- The responsible party either cannot be identified, located, or pay for timely and proper remediation.
- The site is or was (for sites previously remediated), an illegal disposal site
- The site is in need of cleanup in order to abate a nuisance or public health and safety threat and/or a threat to the environment.
Eligible Costs
Project Types
There are two project types.
- Requesting funds for a site yet to be cleaned up (“standard”).
- The “Pilot Program” is primarily used for sites that have yet to be cleaned up.
- Requesting funds for a “previously remediated site”
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible applicants include:
- Cities
- Counties
- Resource Conservation Districts
- Federally recognized Native American Tribes.
For more information, visit CalRecycle.
