Recycling Market Development Zone

City of Los Angeles

The City of Los Angeles, with 3.5 million people, is California’s largest city. The region generates 50 percent of the state’s total waste, and has the largest industrial base and retail market in the United States in terms of total employees, payroll, and number of establishments. The total economic output of the City of Los Angeles rivals all but the largest nations in the world. As such, it is a major manufacturing and transportation hub for the state and nation. The newly expanded Recycling Market Development Zone (RMDZ) encompasses the entire City of Los Angeles.

• Incentives
• Target Materials
• Infrastructure
• Contact

Incentives

The City of Los Angeles offers a wide range of support mechanisms applicable to manufacturers that use secondary materials including tax incentives, low-interest financing, business assistance, and a 35 percent electricity discount for up to five years. Some of the financial incentives are Industrial Development Bonds, Small Business Fund, Community Financial Resource Center loan program, technical assistance from Valley Economic Development Corporations, Enterprise Zone incentives; and Revitalization Zone incentives.

Target Materials

The City of Los Angeles is targeting all 35 materials for which it has waste disposal and diversion information, including the four materials targeted prior to the zone expansion.

Infrastructure

The City of Los Angeles is a major manufacturing and transportation hub for the State and the nation. The city is served by freeways, major highways, rail lines, an international airport, and the Port of Los Angeles.

Contact Information

City of Los Angeles RMDZ http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/RMDZ/LACity/Default.asp Bob Perez Sr. Management Analyst 1149 S Broadway, 10th Floor MS #944 Los Angeles, CA 90015 Phone: 213-485-3904 Fax: 213-485-3671 Email: Robert.Perez@lacity.org CIWMB Contacts for this RMDZ: Zone Liaison: Primitivo Nunez Loan Officer:

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Last updated: September 23, 2008