Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program Grant

Funder: California Department of Resources, Recycling, and Recovery (CalRecycle)

The Beverage Container Recycling City/County Payment Program, administered by CalRecycle, allocates $10.5 million for fiscal year 2024-25 to support cities and counties in California. The funding aims to enhance beverage container recycling and litter cleanup efforts through curbside programs, public education, and cooperative regional projects. Eligible applicants include cities and counties, with minimum awards of $5,000 for cities and $10,000 for counties, based on population metrics.

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) administers a program to provide opportunities for the beverage container recycling and litter cleanup activities. Pursuant to Public Resources Code Section 14581 (a)(3)(A) of the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act, CalRecycle is distributing $10,500,000 in fiscal year 2024-25 to eligible cities and counties specifically for beverage container recycling and litter cleanup activities.
Projects
New or existing curbside recycling programs.Neighborhood drop-off recycling programs.Public education promoting beverage container recycling.Litter prevention and cleanup where the waste stream includes beverage containers that will be recycled.Cooperative regional efforts among two or more cities or counties, or both.Supporting AB 341 Mandatory Commercial Recycling requirements. For additional information on MCR and definitions of “businesses” and “multi-family residential dwellings” as they relate to this regulation, see Mandatory Commercial Recycling.Infrastructure for businesses to recycle beverage containers.Support for new or existing beverage container recycling programs for multi-family residential dwellings.Public education and outreach that include a beverage container recycling component.
Funding
$10,500,000 available for fiscal year (FY) 2024–25Cities are eligible to receive a minimum of $5,000 and counties are eligible to receive a minimum of $10,000 per award.The calculation is based upon the population in the incorporated areas of a city, or a city and county, or the unincorporated area of a county as of January 1, 2024 (Department of Finance E-1 Population Estimates for Cities, Counties, and the State with Annual Percent Change – January 1, 2023, and 2024. Sacramento, California, May 2024.)

Eligibility

Eligible applicants include cities, counties, or cities and counties in California, as identified by the California Department of Finance, unless otherwise determined by CalRecycle.Eligible costs include:Bins/Litter Reduction:Purchase of:Beverage container recycling bins.
Permanently-attached, multi-material recycling bins that include beverage container recycling.Litter reduction activities that include recycling beverage containers.Water Refill Stations:Expenses to install or replace water refill station infrastructure, plumbing, maintenance, attachments, education & outreach, or modifications.Advertising/Promotion:Send materials for prior approval from your CalRecycle Regional Representative.Education/Outreach:Send materials for prior approval from your CalRecycle Regional Representative.California Resource Recovery Association Conference:Limited to registration and travel for no more than 2 staff.Personnel Hours:The Program funds only direct time for increasing beverage container recycling.Litter Clean-up Events:Must include beverage containers as part of the waste stream and to be recycled.
The program may fund supplies, personnel, and safety items.