Used O il Recycling Program

Block Grants 

• General Information About Block Grants
• Specific Cycle Information
• Forms
• Used Oil Collection Reports
• Targeted Sector Programs
• Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Definitions

General Information

Purpose

The California Integrated Waste Management Board administers a program to provide opportunities for the recycling of used oil. As part of this program, the Board issues block grants to help local governments establish or enhance permanent, sustainable used oil recycling programs.

Funding

The block grant is noncompetitive and provides funds to establish and maintain used oil and filter collection programs. The fiscal year 2008/09 (14th cycle) grants are calculated at approximately 27 cents per capita using the Department of Finance’s population statistics. However, small jurisdictions are guaranteed a minimum award of $5,000 for cities and $10,000 for counties. Jurisdictions may also apply regionally and pool their funds.

Eligibility

Eligible applicants are limited to local governments, which are defined in statute as "any chartered or general law city, chartered or general law county, or any city and county." The applicant's local used oil collection program must include used oil and used oil filter collection opportunities and a public education element. Examples of the types of projects that would be eligible include: continuation of a current project; the establishment of used oil and used oil filter collection opportunities; establishment or expansion of a curbside collection program; purchase of used oil and used oil filter collection equipment and supplies; and development and distribution of public and/or school education materials.

Information for Specific Cycles

Includes application information, resources for grantees, list of grants awarded, etc. as available.

• 14th Cycle
• 13th Cycle
• 12th Cycle
• 11th Cycle
• 10th Cycle
• 9th Cycle
• 8th Cycle
• 7th Cycle
• 6th Cycle
• 5th Cycle
• 4th Cycle (grant award list only)
• 3rd Cycle (grant award list only)
• 2nd Cycle (grant award list only)
• 1st Cycle (grant award list only)

Forms

• All used oil and household hazardous waste grant forms

Reports

These reports may be used by grantees, along with other measurement and tracking devices, to evaluate their programs' performance.

• Used Oil Collected Per Capita From Do-It-Yourselfers, FY 2003-2004 (Adobe PDF, 29 KB). This report provides statewide do-it-yourselfer (DIYer) or at-home mechanic oil collection for the most recent year in which completed data is available. This data has been compiled from the annual reports sent in by all grantees. Data listed for each grantee includes total DIYer oil gallons collected, per capita collection, per DIYer household collection, and Block Grant cost per gallon of DIYer oil collection. DIYer oil filter collection information is also provided.
• Used Oil Collected Via Certified Claims, 1st Quarter 2007-4th Quarter 2007. This report shows the amount of used oil claimed by each certified collection center within each city or county or for several cities or counties. It can be used by grantees to complete their fiscal year 2007/2008 annual report.
• Used Oil Collected Per Capita From Do-It-Yourselfers, FY 2002-2003 (Adobe PDF, 25 KB). This report shows per capita oil collection per block grantee. It is compiled from grantees' annual reports.