California Organizations Pumped Up with State Grants: State provides $2.4 million in grants for innovative waste tire uses

SACRAMENTO--The California Integrated Waste Management Board approved thirty-seven grants totaling $2.4 million to encourage the use of waste tires products in agricultural, landscape, recreational, and transportation projects. These projects aim to divert nearly 580,000 California waste tires from landfills or dangerous and illegal waste tire stockpiles.

“Recycling of all waste tires is a goal the Board would like to see achieved, given the large numbers of waste tires produced in the state yearly,” said Board Chair Margo Reid Brown. “The use of recycled-content products is also a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.”

California produces more than 40 million waste tires annually. Although approximately 75 percent of this amount is recycled, the state faces the challenge of dealing with roughly 10 million surplus tires annually in which the majority end up in our landfills and some of which end up in illegal stockpiles.

The Board’s Tire-Derived Product (TDP) Grant Program promotes markets for recycled-content products derived from waste tires generated in California, decreasing the adverse environmental impacts created by unlawful disposal and stockpiling of waste tires. Grantees can use grant funds to purchase new products made from 100% recycled California waste tires. These products will be incorporated into a variety of agricultural, landscaping, recreational, and transportation projects, with each tire-derived project being required to divert at least 2,500 California tires from landfills.

The Board approved funding allocations at its February 20th Board Meeting to the following organizations:

Southern California applicants:

Applicant Name	Funding Order #	Project Type	# Tires Diverted	Recommended Funding
Lennox School District	4	AL - Mulch or Bark or R- Track	10,120	$50,600
Grossmont Union High School District	6	R - Track	32,500	$81,670
City of Los Angeles	9	R - Playground	22,605	$59,204
City of Tehachapi	24	R - Playground	22,500	$99,384
22nd District Agricultural Association	27	AL - Livestock Mats	2,933	$14,592
Bonita Unified School District	34	R - Track	18,166	$90,830
28th District Agricultural Association	50	AL - Mulch or Bark and Horse Stall Mats	23,333	$88,351
Vista Unified School District	51	R - Playground	15,667	$64,391
Fillmore Unified School District	56	R - Track	9,340	$32,690
		Sub-Total:	157,164	$581,712

Northern California applicants:

Applicant Name	Funding Order #	Project Type	# Tires Diverted	Recommended Funding
Big Creek Elementary School District	1	R- Playground	4,200	$17,640
City of South Lake Tahoe	2	AL - Mulch or Bark, R - Playground	12,333	$57,965
Upper Lake Union High School District	3	AL - Mulch or Bark and Weed Abatement	6,300	$26,197
City of Kerman	5	R - Playground	21,833	$99,558
City of Willows	7	R - Playground	21,500	$99,706
Grant Elementary School District	8	R - Playground	12,500	$60,250
Madera Irrigation District	10	AL - Mulch or Bark, Weed Abatement Coverings	21,833	$99,340
Mark Twain Union Elementary School District	11	R - Sidewalk/Pathway, Playground, Track	23,308	$99,515
Anderson Union High School District	12	R - Track	9,625	$39,000
Amador County Recreation Agency	13	R - Playground	25,000	$95,721
Gateway Unified School District	14	R - Playground	21,833	$99,776
Klamath Trinity Joint Unified School District	15	R - Playground	7,833	$37,500
41st District Agricultural Association	16	AL - Horse Stall Mats/Arenas	5,500	$26,730
Latrobe School District	17	R - Playground, Sports Surfacing	22,333	$99,381
Fair Oaks Recreation and Park District	18	AL - Mulch or Back, R - Playground	8,333	$38,890
Columbia Elementary School District	19	R - Playground	21,166	$99,903
Belmont-Redwood Shores School District	20	R - Playground	11,326	$45,240
Horicon Elementary School District	21	R - Playground	2,500	$9,125
40th District Agricultural Association	22	AL - Horse Stall Mats/Arenas	15,000	$45,535
City of Lodi	23	R - Track	4,500	$22,500
Kings County Public Works	25	R - Sidewalk/Pathway	23,625	$96,862
Sunol Glen Unified School District	26	R - Playground	21,666	$99,000
Corning Union Elementary School District	28	R - Playground	22,000	$99,654
Point Arena School District	29	R - Playground	10,500	$43,785
2nd District Agricultural Association	30	AL - Mulch or Bark, Horse Stall Mats/Arenas, Storm Drain Filters	11,264	$50,688
Santa Clara County	31	AL - Mulch or Bark	25,833	$99,715
San Andreas Recreation and Park District	32	R - Playground	5,225	$24,060
City of Lemoore*	33	AL- Mulch or Bark, R- Playground	22,667	$85,052
		Sub-Total	421,536	$1,818,288
		Total:	578,700	$2,400,000
* partial funding

The California Integrated Waste Management Board is the state's leading authority on recycling and waste reduction. It promotes reducing waste whenever possible, managing all materials to their highest and best use and protecting public health and safety and the environment.

The California Integrated Waste Management Board is one of six boards, departments, and offices within the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA).

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