Tire Grants

Tire-Derived Product Grant Program

• General Information
  • Eligibility
  • Funding
  • ListServ
• Cycle-Specific Information
• Survey

General Information

The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) offers the Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program to promote markets for recycled-content products derived from waste tires generated in California and decrease the adverse environmental impacts created by unlawful disposal and stockpiling of waste tires.

The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery makes no warranty, express or implied, and assumes no liability for any tire-derived product(s) funded by this grant. It is the applicant’s responsibility to determine the appropriateness of the product(s) for its purposes. To help you research and evaluate these products, the Department has established a website that contains health studies, literature reviews, fact sheets, news articles and links to related issues about these products. This information is not all inclusive. It is provided for informational purposes only as a convenience to our website visitors.

Eligibility

Applicant

Only one application per qualifying entity will be accepted. Eligible applicants include the following:

• Public entities: California cities, counties, public colleges, public universities, school districts, qualifying California Indian tribes, park districts, special districts, and public recreational facilities, fire departments, police departments, and State agencies.
• Private schools: low-income (defined as qualified for the National School Lunch Program), non-profit private schools listed on the California Department of Education Private School Affidavit List; includes kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12).
• Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO): low-income housing organizations, certified as CHDOs by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).

Products/Project(s)

• An application may include multiple TDP products/projects.
• Products must be made from 100 percent recycled California waste tires.
• Truck tire buffings may be used in the project, but will not be reimbursed by CIWMB under this grant program.
• Project(s) must divert a minimum of 2,500 California tires per proposed tire-derived project(s). Multiple products/projects may be combined to achieve a combined minimum of 2,500 California tires diverted.
• Project(s) must be "new," that is, it has never received CIWMB grant funds. (A project is defined as a specific TDP type at a specific location.)
• Projects generally fall into one of three categories:
  • Agricultural/landscape.
  • Recreational.
  • Transportation.
• Private school products/projects that advance an educational function, such as recreational projects, are ineligible.

Product/Project Examples

Below are some examples of eligible tire-derived products/projects. For a listing of tire-derived products, visit our product suppliers list.

Public Entities and CHDOs Only

Agricultural/Landscape	Recreation	Transportation
Mulch or Bark	Playgrounds	Accessibility Ramps
Weed Abatement Coverings	Tracks	Railroad Ties
Tree Care and Wells	Sidewalks/Pathways	Sound Barriers
Horse Stalls/Arenas	Sport Surfacing	Traffic Safety Products

Private Schools

Agricultural/Landscape	Transportation
Mulch or Bark	Guard Rails or Components
Weed Abatement Coverings	Railroad Ties
Tree Care and Wells	Sound Barriers
	Traffic Safety Products

Funding

• Grant cost calculation is limited to material costs--installation, equipment cost, and truck tire buffings are not allowed grant costs.
• Grant reimbursement is actual cost per Passenger Tire Equivalent (PTE) up to a maximum of $5 per PTE not to exceed the maximum grant award amount.

*Passenger Tire Equivalent (PTE): If a TDP contains less than 30 percent (by weight) of the original fiber and steel that was in the whole tire, then use 12 pounds to calculate the number of PTEs. If a TDP contains 30 percent or more (by weight) of the original fiber and steel that was in the whole tire, then use 20 pounds to calculate the number of PTEs.

Listserv

Join the TDP Listserv to be notified by email when funding becomes available.

Cycle-Specific Information

Next Cycle

Applicant materials for fiscal year (FY) 2010/11 will be available in Spring 2010. Grant awards are tentatively scheduled for August 2010.

Past Cycles

• TDP9 (FY 2009/10)
• TDP7 and 8 (FY 2008/09)
• TDP5 and 6 (FY 2007/08)
• TDP3 and 4 (FY 2006/07)
• TDP1 and 2 (FY 2005/06)

Prior grant programs were focused either on playgrounds, track/recreational surfacing, or green building paving or surfacing.

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