Match Funding for Priority materials
NextCycle Michigan continues to add new industry funding match partners for the Recycling Market Development Grants. Recycling practitioners across the state, both public and private, will want to consider the following funding match opportunities to leverage EGLE’s available grant funding. Industry match partners are ready to provide letters of support, technical assistance and outline the steps that will make the industry match funding available for your project. Check in at nextcyclemi@recycle.com for more information.
Collection and recycling of glass beverage containers.
Collection and recycling of gable top and aseptic paper cartons.
Collection and recycling of paper cups and foodservice packaging.
Collection and recycling of Polypropylene coffee pods.
Low/0% loans for recycling facilities - small and large.
Match funding for Glass Beverage Containers
Match funding is available for collection and recycling of glass beverage containers. Eligible projects include glass cleaning equipment at MRFs, recycled glass aggregation sites to lower shipping costs, equipment for clean glass collection systems (drop-offs, bar and restaurant pickup, etc.) as well as supporting communications campaigns. Projects must be diverting currently landfilled glass (including landfill daily cover). Projects must commit to moving recovered glass to secondary processing facilities that will result in manufacture of new glass containers – a closed loop circular economy solution for glass recycling.
Match funding for Cartons
Match funding is available for collection and recycling of gable top and aseptic paperboard cartons (like juice boxes and milk cartons). Eligible projects include MRF sorting equipment as well as related modifications, upgrades and process improvements, drop-off collection equipment and supporting communications campaigns. Projects must commit to adding cartons to their recycling program and positively sorting the cartons as either a Grade 52 carton bale or as a mill spec carton/cup bale. Special consideration will be given to projects that can feed the Cheboygan based, Great Lakes Tissue mill here in Michigan.
Match funding for Paper Cups and Foodservice Packaging
Match funding is available for collection and recycling of paper cups along with other foodservice packaging. Eligible projects include MRF sorting equipment (including related upgrades/ modification) process improvements, drop-off collection equipment and supporting communications campaigns. Projects must commit to adding cups to their recycling program and positively sorting the cups as a mill spec carton/cup bale or as part of a mixed paper bale. Special consideration will be given to projects that can feed the Cheboygan based, Great Lakes Tissue mill here in Michigan.
Match funding for Polypropylene Coffee Pods
Match funding for projects that increase the acceptance, quality, or quantity of polypropylene coffee pods collected and recycled in the state. Match funding is available for new MRF sorting equipment as well as related modifications, upgrades and process improvements, drop-off collection equipment, and supporting communications campaigns. Eligible projects may already be accepting PP packaging as either a positive sort of PP or in a 3-7 mixed plastics bale. Projects must include PP coffee pods to be eligible for grant match.
Low / 0% Interest Loans
Match funding is available for small rural area recycling facilities – processing less than 10,000 tons per year. The funding is available as either a below market rate loan for private sector MRFs or as a zero interest loan for public sector and non-profit MRFs. Eligible expenses include MRF sorting equipment, site improvements and building costs.
Match funding is available for larger recycling facilities – processing more than 10,000 tons per year. The funding is available as either a below market rate loan for private sector MRFs or as a zero interest loan for public sector and non-profit MRFs. Eligible expenses include MRF sorting equipment, site improvements and building costs.