Tire-Derived Product Grant Funding Application FINALLY Available!

After some delay, CalRecycle released the deadline (February 2nd) for applications to fund tire-derived product (TDP) related grants, and opened the application timeline. Got an idea for reusing old tires? Let Rubber Bark™ know. We can help with the application process. Here is the press release from before, with the new information incorporated.

Tire-Derived Product Grant Funding Application Now Available

 BALLICO, CA (January 3, 2010) — In an effort to promote the use of products made from California’s millions of waste tires, The California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) is now offering grants through its Tire-Derived Product (TDP) program for public entity projects.

 Rubber Bark™ works closely with CalRecycle and supports the use of the grants for public projects, which in turn build sustainable market demand. Ag Link, Inc., the company that makes Rubber Bark™, is dedicated helping entities develop successful projects through project planning and assistance with the grant application, which has a deadline of 3:00 p.m. on February 2, 2011.

 To be eligible for a grant the grantee must be a public entity, such as a city, county, or public school (full list available online). Approved projects are granted 100 percent financial reimbursement to buy Rubber Bark™ and/or other tire-derived products for their project. 

 Projects may include updating a school’s playground, creating an outside community area in a housing development, or renovating existing landscape.  Eligibility and grant criteria can be found at www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Tires/Grants/Product/default.htm

 “CalRecycle’s grants give public entities the chance to implement facilities improvement projects that may otherwise be stalled or postponed in this difficult economy,” Rubber Bark™ CEO Jana Nairn said. “The simple, straight-forward grant application usually results in 100 percent reimbursement of a tire-derived product like, Rubber Bark™.”