RMDZ Business Success Stories

RMDZ Celebrates $100 Million in Loans to Create Jobs, Boost Economy, and Put Waste to Higher Uses
State and local officials celebrated the California Integrated Waste Management Board's (CIWMB--now CalRecycle) giving away more than 100 million dollars in loans through its Recycled Market Development Zone (RMDZ) loan program. The RMDZ program offers business loans designed to boost California's economy and create green jobs. The event was held at ersol Silicon Inc. ersol Silicon was a loan recipient that is now an international supplier of recycled silicon for solar panel manufacturers.
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California Bio-Mass is in the business of recycling organic material. This innovative family-owned company processes green waste, gypsum, and food solids into compost for sale to farmers and landscape companies. With help from the RMDZ program, this business found the perfect High Desert RMDZ location.
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Earthworm Soil Factory is an innovative company that uses red earthworms to make extremely nutrient-rich, organic soil. Company owners Larry and Karen Royal have found that there is a profit in vermiculture (the breeding of earthworms) and vermicomposting (using earthworms to process organic debris into worm castings).

Fire & Light Originals, Inc., located on California's north coast, creates hand-poured glass tableware from recycled glass bottles and jars. The company's products are shipped to specialty stores and galleries throughout the country.

Golden By-Products, Inc. is a full-scale tire recycling business. With an RMDZ loan, the company was able to expand its recycling efforts by adding steel liberation and cracking equipment to existing tire recycling operations and using crumb rubber production to meet the demands of developing markets.
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Looney Bins/Downtown Diversion, which recycles Hollywood movie sets, is an award-winning, progressive, and rapidly growing construction and demolition (C&D) debris waste hauling and recycling company with locations in both the City of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County zones.
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ersol Silicon, formerly known as Silicon Recycling Services, Inc. purifies used silicon to be made into solar panels. This unique business began as a recycling scrap yard more than 20 years ago. With a loan from the RMDZ program, this business bought the equipment necessary to recycle silicon from the semiconductor industry.
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