Empty Glass Beverage Transportation Grant Program, FY 2026-27
Deadline: Rolling / ongoing.
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- Agency
- Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
- Deadline
- Rolling / ongoing
- Opened
- 2026-02-11
- Open to
- Business, Nonprofit
- Geography
- Entities must be authorized and qualified to do business in California. Additionally, they must be in good standing with all applicable California state agencies to conduct business and registered appropriately to do business according to their entity type.
- Estimated total funding
- $4,000,000
- Amounts
- Between $500,000 and $4,000,000
- Expected awards
- Dependant on number of submissions received, application process, etc.
- Matching funds
- 100%
About this program
The fundamental goal of the Empty Glass Beverage Transportation Grant Program is to facilitate the transportation of empty glass beverage containers to glass processing facilities through the use of rail transportation within California.
The Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) receives an annual and continuous appropriation of $1,000,000 from the Beverage Container Recycling Fund to administer the Empty Glass Beverage Transportation Grant Program (PRC section 14545). All projects must be located within California and transportation must come from California located businesses. Eligible projects include: • Projects that facilitate the use of rail transportation of empty glass beverage containers to glass processing facilities Certified by CalRecycle within the state of California. Eligible costs and activities may include: • Equipment related to transportation of empty glass beverage containers through the use of rail. (e.g. loaders, bunkers, scales, emptying hoppers) • Supplies and materials related to rail transportation of empty glass beverage containers. • Transportation costs of empty glass beverage containers via rail. • Construction of a new rail line or updating of an existing rail line to improve access to empty glass beverage container transportation. (i.e. steel rails, wooden ties or sleepers, ballast, spikes, bolts, and rail plates) • Personnel directly related to project construction, empty glass beverage container rail transportation, and the implementation of equipment, materials and supplies.
Eligibility notes
Eligible applicants are: • Current Certified Glass Processors An organizational type that provides the service above includes: • Local governments (cities, counties, or cities and counties) as defined in PRC section 30109. • Private, for-profit entities.
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