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Micro Grant Case Study: Napa Recycling

Grant Recipient: Northern Recycling and Waste Services, LLC – Napa Recycling

Napa Recycling with new carpet area under coverProject Description/Goal:  A weather cover (carport) was needed to keep post-consumer carpet (PCC) clean and dry during the rainy season. More PCC is then diverted away from landfill and recycled.

Location: Napa

Project Timeline: June-December 2017

Grant Amount Given and Match, if any: $10,000 granted; no grantee match in original application.

Total Cost of Project: 20 hours of staff labor. Total project cost, including materials and install, was approximately $12,000. 

Implementation Process: “Easy,” said Jennifer Arbuckle, Recycling and Public Outreach Coordinator for Northern Recycling and Waste Services. “Once we got the notice to proceed, we simply ordered the (carport) roof structure to protect the carpet, and set an install date with the company.”

Project Challenges and Barrier Removal: Napa initially had an issue with the public drop-off site: customers sometimes placed the material outside of the roof, causing it to get wet. In response, Napa is obtaining signage to direct customers to place the post-consumer carpet under the roof.

Project Benefits and Outcomes: The project has kept the PCC dry during rainy days. The drop-off site projects 60,000 additional pounds of PCC diverted to recycling annually.

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Micro-Grant Case Study: Florin Perkins in Sacramento

Grant Recipient: Zanker Recycling, Florin Perkins Disposal Site

Project Description/Goal:  Post-consumer carpet (PCC) needs to be kept clean and dry year-round, including during the rainy season. Zanker Recycling added a cement pad and weather cover to divert more PCC away from landfill for recycling.

Location: Sacramento

Project Timeline: June-December 2017

Grant Amount and Match: $10,000 granted; $10,000 matched by grantee

Total Cost of Project: 20 hours to write and manage grant and initiate project. The total project cost, including materials and installation, was approximately $20,000.

weather cover at drop off site
Weather cover at Florin Perkins helps keep carpet dry and ready for recycling.

Implementation Process: The structure was purchased from Versatube. “It was fairly simple to design and order the structure online,” said Abel Pereira, operations manager at Zanker Recycling. “Sierra National Construction prepared and installed the surface for the structure, including the asphalt setback to increase processing and tipping capacity.  A reliable contractor was utilized to install the structure correctly.”

 Project Challenges: There was one unforeseen issue during shipment of the structure. The vendor had to ship missing wall panels twice during the construction phase, delaying the completion of the structure by two months.

Project Benefits and Outcomes:

The installation of the structure and its setback from the existing operations area has increased tipping, processing and staging space suitable for keeping carpet clean and dry.  Not only does the structure provide a dry staging and storage area, it also provides a shaded work space for the employees during the hot summer months.

It is projected that the new weather cover and pad will increase recycling at the facility by 525,000 pounds annually. There was minimal PCC landfilled due to rain in 2017/18 compared to the previous season.

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This is one of a series of case studies that illustrate the impact of grant funding on the carpet recycling industry in California.
CARE will offer a Cycle 2 round of grants to support capital improvements and product testing in late 2017. Sign up for updates here.

Micro Grants Aim to Keep Carpet Out of Landfill

This winter, fewer post-consumer carpet (PCC) drop-off sites will be forced to landfill their incoming carpet due to rain, snow and mud.

Napa Recycling with new carpet area under cover
A CARE Micro Grant enabled Napa Recycling to construct this weather cover to keep collected carpet clean and dry.

Zanker Road Resource Management and Napa Recycling and Waste Services have both completed PCC collection improvement projects under Cycle 1 of CARE’s Micro Grants for Collection/Reuse program.

Zanker has built a carport weather cover and cement pad at a cost of approximately $20,000 at its Florin Perkins Disposal Site in Sacramento, in order to keep PCC clean and dry. This project is expected to increase PCC recycling by more than 300,000 pounds annually. CARE drop-off site Napa Recycling built a carport at a cost of approximately $10,000, and this weather cover is expected to increase PCC recycling by more than 60,000 pounds annually. Both Zanker and Napa completed the projects under a six-month timeline and received $10,000 each in grant funding.

Three other Cycle 1 Micro projects are expected to be complete in the spring of 2018. Circular Polymers (formerly CLEAR), Green Waste Recovery, and A1 Planet Recycling were each awarded $10,000 for equipment to increase local collection or hauling for recycling.

The California Carpet Stewardship Program has officially opened Cycle 2 of its Micro Grants for Collection/Reuse program (Cycle 2M) to California-based projects seeking to establish new programs or improve existing programs. Applications are due on April 6, and applicants may seek up to $15,000 in project funding. For more details on eligible applicants, eligible projects and application instructions, please see the Cycle 2M announcement and full draft solicitation.

New Cycle of Micro-Grant Program Announced

CARE’s California Carpet Stewardship Program is requesting comments on a draft solicitation for a second round of the Micro Grants Program for Collection/Reuse (Cycle 2M). The goal of the grants is to promote the additional collection and reuse of California post-consumer carpet (PCC). Cycle 2M funds will be awarded for infrastructure projects and/or purchase of equipment that support the proper collection and/or reuse of California PCC under a new or established California-based program.

A total of $75,000 is allocated for Cycle 2M (2018/19) Micro Grants Program for Collection/Reuse. Maximum grant awards will be limited to $15,000 for each grant awarded under this Program.

Applications will be accepted and reviewed on a continuous basis through 2018. The priority round of grantees must achieve project completion by the middle of 2019; projects proving 2018 impact will be preferred. Priority program applications are due no later than April 6, 2018 and projects must reach completion by the middle of 2019.

Eligible Applicants include:

  • Public entities, such as California cities, counties, public school districts, public colleges and universities, special districts, parks and recreation districts, and state agencies (including offices, departments, bureaus and boards).
  • Joint Powers Authorities (JPA) if the JPA Agreement includes solid waste responsibilities.
  • Public or private businesses such as transfer stations, recycling centers and disposal sites.
  • CARE drop-off sites, Collector Sorter Entrepreneurs and Processors are encouraged to apply.
  • Nonprofit entities such as reuse stores.

All comments on the Cycle 2M Micro Grants for Collection/Reuse Solicitation should be emailed to Abbie Beane, CARE Grants Manager, by the February 20, 2018 deadline. Answers to comments and questions will be posted on the CARE grants webpage by March 16, 2018. Comments may be incorporated into the final Cycle 2M solicitation, scheduled to be posted on February 28, 2019.

See the Cycle 2M solicitation here and the California Program Grants page here.

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