Through the California Department of Recycling Resources and Recovery (CalRecycle), the RMDZ Program offers low-interest loans and other incentives to businesses that turn otherwise wasted materials into new products and expand markets for recyclable materials.
Are you a manufacturer or processor that:
If so, please contact the Merced County Regional RMDZ Administrator at:
- Uses (or plans on using) post-consumer, industrial and/or agriculture materials to make a new product?
- Located (or looking to locate) within Merced County?
Merced County Regional Waste Management Authority
369 W. 18th Street
Merced, CA 95340
Phone: (209) 723-3153 ext. 315 / Fax: (209) 723-0322
E-mail: jennifer.halpin@mcagov.org
As a potential RMDZ business, you may qualify for low-interest loans for the purchase of equipment and other relevant business costs.
Current RMDZ businesses within the Merced County Regional Zone
Central Valley Concrete/Central Valley Trucking in Merced
Recycling asphalt and concrete into recycled products. For more information, visit www.centralvalleyconcrete.com or call (209) 383-7292.
Golden By-Products in BallicoTurning waste tires into recycling products, such as landscaping material, stall mats, and infill crumb rubber. For more information, visit http://RubberBark.com or call (209) 634-8849.
Ortigalita Power in Merced
Turning unusable wooden pallets and other wood/organic waste into energy. Located onsite at Golden State Pallet & Crate, 3227 Beachwood Drive, Merced 95348; (209) 388-9474.
Summit Sales in Gustine
Turning recycled drip tape, poly tubing, PVC pipe and HDPE pipe into Bender Board and composite lumber. For more information, visit www.summitplastics.com or call (209) 854-2421.
(Other RMDZ Businesses to be listed soon)
Additional information can be found on CalRecycle's RMDZ webpage.
