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Organics Grant Program (FYs 2021-22 and 2022-23)

Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery · 34214

Matching funds & resources

Source matching-funds field: Not Required.

Matching funds and leveraged resources are different requirements. Read the description and reviewed rules below before determining resource commitments.

About this opportunity

Eligible Organics Grant Program projects are: Construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities to increase in-state infrastructure for the composting or digestion of organics into compost, soil amendments, fertilizers, biofuels, or bioenergy. Construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities to increase in-state infrastructure for the pre-processing of organics. Projects must result in an increase in tons of green materials or food materials diverted from landfills beyond that which the pre-processor was already diverting. Four project types will be funded from this expenditure: (a) anaerobic digestion/co-digestion, (b) composting, (c) in-vessel composting, and (d) stand-alone pre-processing projects. Projects must be located in California and facilitate or result in: Reductions in GHG emissions compared to existing practices of landfilling green or food materials within California; and Increases in quantity (tons) of green materials or food materials that are newly diverted from landfill disposal or alternative daily cover (ADC) use, and composted or digested in California. For purposes of this program, “newly diverted” means the tons of materials that are currently being landfilled or used as ADC that will instead be diverted as a result of this project.

Funding geography: Projects must be located in California and facilitate or result in California-generated green materials or food materials that are newly diverted from landfill disposal or alternative daily cover use.

Funding instrument: Grant. Issuing jurisdiction: California. This is not a geographic eligibility determination.