Recycling Market Development Zones
- The next Zone Works Training Workshop is being coordinated with REXPO March 10-11, 2010 in Stockton.
- The City of Hesperia and Tehama County applied for the RMDZ designation cycle initiated in 2009 and are now the newest members of the RMDZ program.
- Learn about a number of resources for starting, growing, financing, expanding or relocating a business in California through the California Economic Development Partnership.
- Loan Interest Rate: 4.0 percent.
The Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) program combines recycling with economic development to fuel new businesses, expand existing ones, create jobs, and divert waste from landfills.
This program provides attractive loans, technical assistance, and free product marketing to businesses that use materials from the waste stream to manufacture their products and are located in a zone. The zones cover roughly 71,790 square miles of California from the Oregon border to San Diego.
Assistance is provided by local zone administrators and CalRecycle's Referral Team (R-Team). Local government incentives may include relaxed building codes and zoning laws, streamlined local permit processes, reduced taxes and licensing, and increased and consistent secondary material feedstock supply. Local incentives vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. In addition to loans, CalRecycle offers free product marketing through the RecycleStore.
Please choose a link below (or in the menu to your left) to find information most useful to you!
Recycling Market Development Zone Program, http://www/calrecycle.ca.gov/RMDZ/
Technical Assistance: RTeam@calrecycle.ca.gov, (916) 341-6600
Loan Program: Loans@calrecycle.ca.gov, (916) 341-9227