Recycling Business Development Grant
Supplemental Grant Round: Collection of New Waste Ban Materials

MassDEP seeks to provide grants to support the collection of new waste ban items (including food waste, textiles, and mattresses) to expand the collection infrastructure for these materials in Massachusetts.

If you have any questions, contact Sowayib Sikder: email sowayib.sikder phone 617-429-8202

Applicant Information

Contact person*
Registered with Secretary of State*
Is your business registered as a Certified Business with the Commonwealth’s Supplier Diversity Office?*
Mailing address*
Facility address*
(555) 555-5555
Indicate the type of activity(ies) in your grant proposal*
Applicant - check one*
Indicate the type of material(s) in your proposal. Only those materials listed below are eligible for grant funds. *

Material Quantities

Provide MassDEP with the amount of eligible materials that are currently being collected at your facility on an annual basis, if any. Please estimate any proposed increase in tonnage based off of the goals and objectives of your grant proposal. If no increase in tonnage is expected, describe the expected benefits (increase materials value, expanded market for material) to be achieved through your grant proposal.

Project Timeline, Milestones, & Budget

Project Timeline

Please consider your project scope and insert approximate implementation dates for project tasks, milestones, and significant activities associated with the project. Note that the review and approval period for grants can take several months, and project timelines should reflect the required review and approval process.

Notes: Grant payments will be made on a reimbursement basis with a single payment made after documented purchase and delivery of the equipment. Award recipients will be required to submit a summary report on the use of the equipment to MassDEP, one year after the purchase and delivery.

Approximate implementation date*

Dates provided above are estimated and subject to change in order to correspond with the official start and end dates provided in a successful grantees' final grant agreement.

Budget

Complete a proposed budget.

A minimum financial match of 50% is required. (e.g., the minimum applicant match amount for a $100,000 grant request would be $50,000. These must be direct contributions from the applicant, exclusive of other State or Federal grants or loans.) Proposing match greater than 50% of the project cost will be viewed favorably for grant evaluation purposes. The minimum grant award for 2022 grants is $25,000 and the maximum grant award per applicant is $100,000.

Please describe the expenditures and the sources of funding involved in the proposed project (e.g., collection equipment).

Items(s) Description    A description of proposed project investments (e.g., collection equipment).

Item Cost    Total cost of the piece(s) of equipment.

Grant Funds    Portion of the cost that will be covered by grant funds.

Matching Funds    Equipment cost minus grant funds.


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Recycling Business Plan

In a separate attachment, fully describe in writing the project for which you are seeking grant funds.  Applicants should respond to all items listed below.  This section should not exceed six pages (three double-sided pages).  Any additional documentation or attachments do not count toward the page limit. Applicants wishing to file application information that they wish to be kept confidential and exempt from public disclosure as trade secrets should follow the procedures outline on MassDEP's website at - https://www.mass.gov/doc/guidance-on-requests-to-maintain-trade-secret-information-confidential

Project Description

  • Describe the goals and scope of the project and expected benefits. Include a detailed description of how the investment will be used to increase the quality of materials, quantity of materials diverted, and/or advance new markets in the Commonwealth. This should include a description of existing market conditions.

Operation

  • Detail the facility address of the proposed activity (site address), the layout of existing operations, if any, and where the proposed activity will be conducted. This should include a description of any new capital equipment and other requested investments.

Tonnage\Value\Market Impact

  • Estimate how many additional tons of material, if any, will be collected annually over the three year period of the proposed project.
  • Describe the ability and capacity to meet the proposal's tonnage goals of eligible materials.

Qualifications

  • Describe and document the relevant experience, qualifications and skills of the applicant organization and the principals that will be involved in the grant-funded activity (resumes may be attached).

Feasibility

  • Provide the status of any required approval(s) or authorization(s) of the proposed activity by state or local authorities, including any appropriate documentation.
  • Identify any barriers or additional steps for the project to proceed.

Sourcing

  • Identify the source(s) and/or generator(s) of eligible materials. Indicate the following, to the extent possible: 1) the amount and geographic area for sourcing material; 2) an estimate of the breakdown from commercial and/or residential generators; and 3) an explanation of how the material will be sourced. Include any documentation from sources and/or generators, such as copies of letters of commitment or contracts indicating long-term arrangements.

Sustainability/Longevity

  • Provide evidence of the sustainability and flexibility of the business plan in terms of its capacity to withstand economic and technical challenges. Explain how you will sustain the project after the grant ends.
  • Provide a pro-forma identifying revenues from tip fees and sale of commodity/product, capital expenses, operating costs, projected profit margins, etc.
  • Describe any public or private partnerships you have developed in order to pursue this proposed grant project. For example:  private entities such as trade associations or banks and public entities such as federal or other state government funding. This may include financial support (such as matching contributions, loans or grants); and/or, in-kind support (such as feedstock, labor, property, etc.)

Jobs

  • Describe how many new jobs will be created through the grant project, if any.

Supplier Diversity Program

  • Indicate any plans to purchase equipment, supplies or services from certified businesses participating in the Commonwealth’s Supplier Diversity Program, including specific businesses and purchasing commitments.  See https://www.mass.gov/supplier-diversity-program-sdp.

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Certified Signature

Under the pains and penalties of perjury, I hereby certify that I have personally examined and am familiar with the information submitted herein, including all attachments, and to the best of my knowledge, the information submitted to MassDEP in this Application, is true, accurate, and complete. I also hereby certify that I have authority to apply for MassDEP's grant award. I am also aware that, in the event it is determined any grant funding was awarded based on false information, I or any organization on whose behalf I sign this Application, will be required to return the grant money.

By signing I acknowledge that purchases made before a grant contract is signed by MassDEP and the grant recipient will not be reimbursed.

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