Supporting Programs

MICHIGAN MATERIALS MARKETPLACE

NextCycle Michigan, with support from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), has redesigned the Michigan Materials Marketplace’s on the Rheaply platform.

The Michigan Materials Marketplace enhances the buying, selling, and donating of surplus materials — keeping items out of landfills and in circulation to be repaired, reused, or recycled into new products.

Michigan-based businesses and nonprofits interested in redistributing items such as workplace furniture, fixtures, equipment, building materials, or hard-to-recycle materials can connect with their business neighbors via the link below. Sign up to create your FREE account and get full access to all the region’s available listings and unlock the ability to post your own listings of things you no longer need in the workspace.

Build to Scale TEchnical Assistance

NextCycle Michigan in collaboration with the Centrepolis Accelerator at Lawrence Technological University is pleased to announce the availability of technical assistance to support disadvantaged communities and businesses in advancing the circular economy in Michigan! This activity is an extension of the NextCycle Michigan programming and is funded by an Economic Development Association (EDA) Build to Scale grant and the State Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). This opportunity for direct technical assistance will run through September 2025.

  • EXPLORE THE TYPES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORTED THROUGH THIS OPPORTUNITY:

    • Connecting with businesses and communities to advance circular economy work

    • Cost modeling or feasibility analysis

    • Organizational or business strategic planning

    • Entrepreneur coaching

    • Greenhouse gas analysis (for a product, program, service, or process)

    • Manufacturing readiness support

    • Material supply assessment

    • Product development support

    • Product lab testing and validation

    • Waste characterization study and recovery assessment

    • Material collection

    • Material processing

    • Owner’s engineer work, procurement, specification development, vendor selection, project implementation and commissioning

    • Public engagement, project development and facilitation

    APPLY FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE

    To request technical assistance, please complete the required application form linked below. This streamlined application is designed to capture relevant information about your organization or community, your circular economy project needs, and help us assess your eligibility for grant funding. We are currently accepting applications on a rolling basis. Considering limited resources, please apply as soon as you are ready to begin your work helping advance the circular economy in Michigan.

    Click to Apply: APPLICATION FORM

    f you have questions, please reach out to joorbeck@ltu.edu or nextcyclemi@recycle.com.

CIRCULAR ECONOMY GRANTS

Application Period: July 8, 2024 – August 19, 2024

Total Amount Available: $2.3 Million

Per Grant Amount Available: $50,000 - $250,000

The Circular Economy Grants are funded by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) as part of NextCycle Michigan. The grants are designed to support the development of circular supply chains in Michigan, utilizing otherwise wasted material streams by advancing reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycling, organics recovery, composting or scaling markets for recovered materials.

Applicants must be physically located in Michigan and can be a single entity or a collaboration including businesses, non-profit organizations, tribal governments, school districts, universities, colleges, local health departments, regional planning agencies, municipal solid waste or resource recovery authorities, cities, villages, townships, charter townships, counties, or similar entities.

APPLICATION PERIOD HAS CLOSED.

Micros Grants

Program Currently Closed

The MICRO Scale 3Rs Solutions Program is a grant program of up to $10,000 designed for recycling entrepreneurs, municipalities, businesses, or non-profits who need a little help to make a big impact. While similar to a traditional grant program, MICROS has a simpler application and more flexible spending opportunities.

Four Cycles throughout 2020-2022 awarded small grants to over 50 projects across Michigan.