The Scrap Tire Recycling Market Development Grant offers funding for businesses in North Carolina to increase private-sector capacity to process and incorporate scrap tire materials into products and other end uses.
Donor Name: Recycling Business Assistance Center
State: North Carolina
County: All Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 03/23/2026
Size of the Grant: More than $1 million
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
The N.C. Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) seeks viable, well-planned proposals from North Carolinabased businesses for projects that increase private‑sector capacity to incorporate scrap tire materials into products and other end uses. For the purposes of this grant program, a qualifying business is defined as a private-sector organization that processes tires for end-use recycled product manufacturing and/or creates value‑added products using processed scrap tire material.
Grants may be used for equipment or infrastructure to expand the use of tire-derived fuel, crumb rubber, carbon black, or other components of tires for use in products such as fuel, tires, mats, auto parts, gaskets, flooring material, or other applications of processed tire materials.
Funding Information
Eligible applicants may request any amount of grant funding up to a maximum of $1,000,000.
Grant Period
April 15, 2026, and end on March 31, 2027.
Project Type
Grants are limited to capital expenditures needed to establish or enhance capability for processing scrap tires for recycling or manufacturing products from scrap tire materials.
Eligibility Criteria
Private-sector applicants that accept and process discarded tires into scrap tire materials (tire-derived fuel, crumb rubber, carbon black, and other tire components) and/or manufacture value-added products using scrap tire materials are eligible for funding under this grant cycle.
For more information, visit RBAC.
