2025 Recycling Business Development Grant

The 2025 Recycling Business Development Grant round is now open. Donor Name: Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) State: North Carolina County: All Counties Type of Grant: Grant Deadline: 11/14/2024 Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000 Grant Duration: Less than 1 Year Details: The N.C. Recycling Business Assistance Center (RBAC) seeks viable, well-planned proposals from recycling businesses in North Carolina that build lasting, private-sector capacity to divert materials from the waste stream and create jobs in North Carolina. For the purposes of this grant program, a recycling business is defined as a business or a nonprofit organization that accepts, collects, and/or recycles materials from outside sources to create a valueadded feedstock for intermediary processing or end-use recycled product manufacturing. RBAC seeks viable, well-planned proposals from recycling businesses and nonprofit organizations in North Carolina. The goal is to build lasting, private-sector capacity to divert materials from the waste stream, create jobs in North Carolina, and move toward a more circular economy. Grant money is intended to assist with capital costs for physical infrastructure to increase the capacity or improve efficiency of a recycling operation. Grant money cannot be used to cover land purchases, salaries, labor costs, general operational expenses, marketing, or the cost of contract processing. Priority Project Grants Priority Project Grants support investments in the private recycling sector that RBAC has determined to be of particular importance to North Carolina’s recycling infrastructure. Proposals addressing these needs are strongly encouraged and will be identified as Priority Projects, making them eligible for additional points in the scoring criteria. 2025 RBAC Recycling Business Development Grant priorities include: Projects that expand, upgrade, or improve the capacity and/or efficiency of a single-stream material recovery facility (MRF). For the purposes of this grant, a MRF is defined as a facility that receives, separates and prepares commingled residential recyclables for downstream commodity markets. Projects that establish or expand recycling processing capacity for solar panels, electric vehicle batteries, or lithium-ion batteries. Electronics recyclers managing these materials must be R2 or e-Stewards certified to receive priority consideration. Funding Information Eligible applicants may request any amount of grant funding up to a maximum of $75,000. Project Period After the grant is awarded, it is anticipated that the grant contract period will begin on March 1, 2025 and end on February 28, 2026. Eligibility Criteria  Private-sector recycling business applicants are eligible for funding under this grant cycle. For the purposes of this grant program, a recycling business is defined as a business or a nonprofit organization that accepts, collects, and/or recycles materials from outside sources to create a value-added feedstock for intermediary processing or end-use recycled product manufacturing. For more information, visit RBAC.