Empty Glass Beverage Transportation Grant Program, FY 2026-27
- Deadline
- Not specified
- Posted
- Feb 11, 2026
- Award amount
- $500,000–$4,000,000
- Focus areas
- Environment & Water
Who can apply
Business; Nonprofit
About this grant
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.
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