Putting Cap-and-Trade
Dollars to Work for California

Creating New Jobs
Fighting Climate Change
Feeding the Hungry

 Getting Results for California

CALIFORNIA CLIMATE INVESTMENTS

CalRecycle’s greenhouse gas reduction grant and loan programs put
Cap-and-Trade dollars to work for California by reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions, strengthening our economy, and improving public health and the
environment—particularly in low-income and disadvantaged communities.

Benefits
• Reduced GHGs
• Food for Californians in need
• More renewable energy
• New jobs
• Healthy soil

• Increased water conservation
• Improved water quality
• Reduced air pollution and odors
• Fewer premature deaths and
hospital visits

What Does Recycling Have to Do With Climate Change?

• Organic waste is the largest material type landfilled in California.
• Landfilled organic waste emits methane gas, a climate-changing
super-pollutant over 70 times more powerful than CO2.
• Organic waste can be recycled into biofuel, compost, and other
beneficial products.
• Recycling materials into new products prevents GHG emissions
associated with sourcing new raw materials.
• Bolstering California’s recycling infrastructure reduces our dependence
on exporting recyclables to places like China.

 CalRecycle Statewide Projects

Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Projects
Organics Projects

Recycled Fiber, Plastic, and Glass Projects
Disadvantaged or Low-income Communities

RESULTS TO DATE
841 jobs created
4.05 million tons of waste diverted from landfills
3.9 million metric tons of CO2e reduced
Over 95 million meals served annually

Bay Area

Los Angeles Area

 Getting Results for California

CalRecycle’s Cap-and-Trade Funds

The Legislative Analyst’s Office reports CalRecycle’s Cap-and-Trade grant programs are among the most cost-effective and most oversubscribed compared
to other agencies statewide.
Since 2014, CalRecycle has received 185 applications seeking $338 million in
grant funding; CalRecycle was allocated enough funding for 67 projects in the
following programs:
$9.4 Million   Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant Program (New)
Funds projects that prevent food waste from being generated and/or rescue
edible food that would otherwise be disposed to help feed the 1 in 8
Californians considered food-insecure.
• 100% of projects benefit disadvantaged communities or feed
  Californians in need
• 350,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent (MTC02e) reduced   $12–15 in
  grant funds per MTCO2e reduced
$72 Million   Organics Grant Program
Funds the construction, renovation, or expansion of compost or anaerobic
digestion facilities to reduce organic waste in landfills by transforming the
material into renewable biofuel or into compost and other soil amendments
that sequester carbon, improve soil water-holding capacity, and prevent
erosion. Many of these projects include a food rescue component.
• 93% of projects benefit or feed disadvantaged or low-income communities
• 2.5 million MTC02e reduced   $9–30 in grant funds per MTCO2e reduced
$14 Million   Recycled Fiber, Plastic, and Glass Grant Program
Funds the construction, renovation, or expansion of facilities that manufacture
products from recycled fiber (paper, textiles, carpet, or wood), plastic, or glass.
• 100% of projects benefit disadvantaged or low-income communities
• 500,000 MTC02e reduced   $15–52 in grant funds per MTCO2e reduced
$9.3 Million   Organics and Recycling Manufacturing Loans
Finances construction, renovation, or expansion of organics composting or anaerobic digestion facilities and facilities that manufacture fiber, plastic, or glass
waste materials into beneficial products.
• 500,000 MTC02e reduced   $5 in loan funds per MTCO2e reduced

 CalRecycle Project Spotlight

Fresno Metropolitan Ministry

$500,000 Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant
Central Valley Districts: Senate 8, 12, 14   Assembly 23, 31

Fresno Metro Ministry is a community organization founded in 1970 to help
Fresno-area families in need. With the help of California Climate Investments,
Metro’s Food to Share program will be able to provide an additional 1.4 million
pounds of food for hungry Californians while reducing landfilled food waste
by more than 713 tons. The rescued food ranges from prepared meals to fresh
produce.
“Fresno County has long been America’s top-producing agricultural county,
yet more than 250,000 Fresno County residents suffer from food hardship
weekly. We’re working to close that gap.”
—Keith Bergthold, Fresno Metro Ministry
Food to Share combines food access and food rescue efforts to reduce GHG
emissions and reduce hunger in underserved Central Valley communities. Since
2016, Food to Share has rescued more than 1 million pounds of edible food to
feed hungry families in Fresno, Madera, Kings, Tulare, and Kern counties.
After partnering in a previous Organics Grant to develop a food rescue
exchange website, Metro received a $500,000 Food Waste Prevention and
Rescue Grant from CalRecycle to:
• Expand its Food to Share program to double recoveries from schools
  and retail outlets and increase backyard gleaning
• Partner with Community Food Bank to increase food donation, storage,
  and distribution capacity
• Hire a driver and purchase cargo vans, refrigerated trucks, and
  commercial freezers

 CalRecycle Project Spotlight

Alameda County Waste Management Authority (StopWaste)
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant
Northern California Districts: Senate 9   Assembly 18

Grass roots and local government are joining forces with school districts in Alameda County to stop good food from being landfilled. In addition to developing
new systems and outreach programs to prevent 956 tons of food waste before
it’s created, this project will divert surplus school food to provide nearly 714,000
meals to local students, families, and low-income seniors.
“By preventing edible food from going to waste at school, we set an example
for our students and provide an opportunity to learn how everyday behaviors
impact the environment and community.”
—Cassie Bartholomew, StopWaste
Bolstering Alameda County’s food waste prevention and recovery infrastructure
will reduce GHG emissions while helping to feed the roughly 1 in 7 county
food-insecure residents. The Alameda County Waste Management Authority
estimates about 90% of food waste from Alameda schools consists of
edible food.
StopWaste—in partnership with ALL IN Alameda County, Oakland Unified
School District, and Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District—received a
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention and Rescue Grant from CalRecycle to:
• Train kitchen staff to collect data on surplus school food and cafeteria
  share tables, conduct student waste audits, examine new opportunities
  to reduce waste, and actively engage students in food rescue efforts
• Hire up to three people to help manage and deliver surplus school food
  for redistribution
• Enhance career pathways for disadvantaged residents through training
  and participation in food waste prevention and rescue efforts

 CalRecycle Project Spotlight

South Lake Refuse Company
$1.2 Million Organics Grant (Rural Compost)

Northern California Districts: Senate 2   Assembly 4
South Lake Refuse Company (SLRC) has served its community for decades. Now,
the company is focusing on the future of Lake County with a major upgrade at
its green waste compost facility. The California Climate Investment grant enables
SLRC to compost the region’s food waste for the first time, reducing 11,252
MTC02e of GHGs, diverting an additional 49,223 tons of material from landfills,
and developing a rural solution for food waste management in California.
”We’re so excited for this project. Not only will it keep more organic waste
out of landfills, but the compost we create reduces California’s reliance on
synthetic fertilizer while improving soil health and increasing water retention
in fields where it is applied.”
—Christy Pestoni Abreu, South Lake Refuse Company
South Lake Refuse Company, in partnership with Sacramento Food Bank and
Family Services, received a $1.2 million Organics Grant from CalRecycle funds
dedicated to rural compost projects to:
• Purchase and install water quality protection infrastructure to enable
  food waste composting
• Purchase an electric grinder to prepare bulky green waste for compost
  instead of landfilling it
• Increase production of compost, topsoil, and wood chips for landscaping
  and agricultural use
• Rescue and redistribute food for underserved Northern California
 communities

 CalRecycle Project Spotlight

Mid Valley Recycling & Disposal
$4.9 Organics Grants (Compost)

Central Valley Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 31
When it comes to compost facilities, Mid Valley Disposal’s (MVD) 24-heap
operation in the Fresno County community of Kerman is cutting-edge.
The family-owned company received two California Climate Investment
grants to build and later expand the facility, creating more than 75 jobs,
diverting 343,180 tons of organic material from landfills and reducing air
pollution and odors throughout the Central Valley by using advanced
covered compost technology.
“The grants allowed us to keep our rates to our customers down … provide a
more localized facility, and provide some infrastructure to the Central Valley
that we didn’t have before.”
—Joseph Kalpakoff, Mid Valley Disposal
MVD’s compost facility in California’s agricultural heartland is a model of
sustainability in California’s innovative fight against climate change. Compost
use provides a simple, proven way to build carbon content and hold more water
in soils, which is essential for building climate resilience in our communities.
Mid Valley Disposal received two Organics Grants from CalRecycle totaling $4.9
million to:
• Construct a 16-heap covered compost operation and later expand it
  to 24 heaps
• Compost food and green waste from Fresno, Madera, Tulare, and
  Kings counties
• Expand organics recycling programs for area school districts, the Big
  Fresno Fair, and other local businesses and municipalities

 CalRecycle Project Spotlight

CR&R Incorporated
$3 Million Organics Grant (Digestion)

Southern California/Inland Empire Districts: Senate 34   Assembly 72
The second phase of a massive $100 million organic waste recycling infrastructure project is now online in Riverside County. With support from California
Climate Investments, Southern California waste management and recycling
company CR&R just doubled capacity at its anaerobic digestion facility—creating nearly 100 jobs and reducing GHG emissions. Once complete, the
four-phase project will be able to transform 320,000 tons of formerly landfilled
organic waste into biofuel and other beneficial products each year.
“This is big time! It’s a 21st century facility that is recycling 100 percent of our
organic waste and plays into our efforts to be sustainable as a city.”
—Michael Vargas, Perris Mayor
The CR&R vehicle fleet uses the low-carbon biofuel it produces in place of
high-carbon diesel. The company’s renewable biofuel is also set to flow from its
Perris facility through the pipelines of the SoCalGas system, the nation’s largest
natural gas distribution utility.
CR&R received a $3 million Organics Grant from CalRecycle to:
• Reduce GHG emissions by 483,000 MTCO2e
• Provide jobs or other benefits to disadvantaged and low-income
 communities
• Partner with food rescue organizations to capture edible food for
  human consumption

 CalRecycle Project Spotlight

Command Packaging
$3 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic, and Glass Grant (Plastic)

Central Coast, Southern California Districts: Senate 12, 33   Assembly 30, 53
A California company with a goal of recycling 100 million pounds of plastic each
year is putting Cap-and-Trade dollars to work for Monterey and Los Angeles
counties. Command Packaging, recently acquired by Delta Plastics, is reducing
GHGs and supporting new jobs by recycling 313,600 tons of agricultural plastic
into top-of-the-line reusable bags.
Recycling materials like fiber, plastic, and glass in California reduces our reliance
on exports to places like China. It also reduces the energy expended and the
greenhouse gas emissions produced in the mining and refining of raw materials.
“With California’s climate initiative and 75 percent recycling goal … what
we’re doing is taking something that was going to landfills and ensuring that
does not happen.”
—Cherish Changala, Command Packaging
California farmers use agricultural plastic to cover grapes and almonds, keep
pests away from strawberries, and irrigate tomatoes, among other uses.
The grant will enable farmers to send agricultural plastic to the Command
Packaging recycling facility, rather than the landfill, at the end of its useful life.
Command Packaging received a $3 million Recycled Fiber, Plastic, and Glass
Grant from CalRecycle to:
• Reduce GHG emissions by 272,700 MTCO2e
• Purchase and install new equipment to increase the amount of
  recycled content in its bags
• Turn formerly landfilled agricultural plastic into a value-added product

 CalRecycle Grant Recipients

Projects listed on the following pages include the grantee, political
district, funding amount, grant program, and whether the project
benefits disadvantaged counties, uses food for Californians in need,
or creates new jobs.

CalRecycle Climate Investments
Alameda County
Alameda County Waste
Management Authority
Districts: Senate 9   Assembly 18
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
City Team – Oakland
Districts: Senate 8   Assembly 18
$96,429 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue
Recology East Bay
Districts: Senate 11   Assembly 17
$3 Million Organics Grant
(Anaerobic Digestion)
DAC Benefits   Jobs
Re-plate, Inc.
Districts: Senate 9   Assembly 15
$299,100 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Butte County
Jesus Center
Districts: Senate 4   Assembly 3
$499,789 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

Contra Costa County
City of Richmond
Districts: Senate 9   Assembly 15
$327,500 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
White Pony Express
Districts: Senate 7   Assembly 16
$115,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue
El Dorado County
El Dorado County
Districts: Senate 1   Assembly 5
$277,140 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue
Fresno County
Fresno Metropolitan Ministry
Districts: Senate 8, 12, 14   Assembly 23, 31
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Mid Valley Disposal, Inc.
District: Senate 12   Assembly 31
$1.9 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Jobs

 CalRecycle Grant Recipients

Mid Valley Recycling, LLC
District: Senate 12   Assembly 31
$3 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Jobs

City of Santa Monica
Districts: Senate 26   Assembly 50
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue

Imperial County
Imperial Valley Food Bank
Districts: Senate 40   Assembly 56
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

County Sanitation Districts of LA County
Districts: Senate 22   Assembly 57
$4 Million Organics Grant
(Anaerobic Digestion)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

Kern County
Kern County
Districts: Senate 14   Assembly 32
$191,963 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue
Lake County
South Lake Refuse Company, LLC
Districts: Senate 2   Assembly 4
$1.2 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue
Los Angeles County
Associated Students, Inc.
Districts: Senate 34   Assembly 70
$65,340 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
City of Culver City
Districts: Senate 30   Assembly 54
$497,144 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

Food Finders, Inc.
Districts: Senate 33   Assembly 63
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue
Food Forward
Districts: Senate 18   Assembly 39
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Los Angeles Conservation Corp
Districts: Senate 24   Assembly 51
$375,206 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Los Angeles Regional Food Bank
Districts: Senate 33   Assembly 59
$386,960 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue

 CalRecycle Grant Recipients

The Midnight Mission
Districts: Senate 30   Assembly 53
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

Madera County
West Coast Waste
Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 5
$1.2 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Jobs

Reliance Carpet Cushion
Districts: Senate 9, 23, 33   Assembly 18, 53
$1 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic,
and Glass Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

Monterey County
Food Bank for Monterey County
Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 30
$475,072 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

rPlanet Earth Los Angeles, LLC
Districts: Senate 33   Assembly 53
$3 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic,
and Glass Grant
DAC Benefits   Jobs
St. Francis Center
Districts: Senate 30   Assembly 59
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Strong Food/L.A. Kitchen, Inc.
Districts: Senate 24   Assembly 51
$389,387 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Los Angeles/Monterey County
Command Packaging
Districts: Senate 12, 22   Assembly 30, 53
$3 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic,
and Glass Grant
DAC Benefits   Jobs

Revolution Plastics, LLC
Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 30
$3 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic,
and Glass Grant
DAC Benefits   Jobs
Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority
Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 30
$1.3 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue
Merced County
University of California, Merced
Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 21
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Napa County
Napa Recycling & Waste Services, LLC
Districts: Senate 3   Assembly 4
$541,700 Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue

 CalRecycle Grant Recipients

Orange County
Waste Not OC Coalition, a Fiscal Project
of OneOC
Districts: Senate 34   Assembly 69
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Riverside County
CR&R Incorporated
Districts: Senate 34   Assembly 72
$3M Organics Grant (Anaerobic Digestion)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
City of Riverside
Districts: Senate 31   Assembly 61
$209,736 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
San Bernardino County
Burrtec Waste Industries, Inc.
Districts: Senate 21   Assembly 33
$2.6 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
Desert Manna
Districts: Senate 16   Assembly 33
$470,450 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue   Jobs
Rialto Bioenergy Facility, LLC
Districts: Senate 20   Assembly 47
$4 Million Organics Grant
(Anaerobic Digestion)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

San Diego County
City of San Diego
Districts: Senate 38   Assembly 77
$3 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue
Produce Good
Districts: Senate 36   Assembly 76
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
San Diego Food System Alliance, a Fiscal
Project of Leah’s Pantry
Districts: Senate 39   Assembly 78
$500,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs
San Joaquin County
SiONEER Stockton, LLC
Districts: Senate 5   Assembly 13
$3 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic,
and Glass Grant
DAC Benefits   Jobs
San Francisco County
Peninsula Food Runners
Districts: Senate 11   Assembly 17
$200,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue

 CalRecycle Grant Recipients

San Luis Obispo County
Food Bank Coalition of SLO County
Districts: Senate 17   Assembly 35
$100,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue

Tulare/Fresno County
Colony Energy Partners – Tulare, LLC.
Districts: Senate 14, 37   Assembly 23, 74
$2.9 Million Organics Grant
(Anaerobic Digestion)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

HZIU Kompogas SLO, Inc.
Districts: Senate 17   Assembly 35
$4 Million Organics Grant
(Anaerobic Digestion)
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue

Ventura County
Ventura County
Districts: Senate 19   Assembly 37
$499,293 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
DAC Benefits   Food Rescue   Jobs

Santa Clara County
Joint Venture Silicon Valley Network
Districts: Senate 15   Assembly 27
$313,000 Food Waste Prevention
and Rescue Grant
Food Rescue
Stanislaus County
Peninsula Plastics Recycling, Inc.
Districts: Senate 12   Assembly 12
$1 Million Recycled Fiber, Plastic,
and Glass Grant
DAC Benefits   Jobs

Yuba County
Recology Yuba-Sutter
Districts: Senate 4   Assembly 3
$2.8 Million Organics Grant (Compost)
Jobs

 Getting Results for California

California Goals and Infrastructure Needs
What California Law Requires

CalRecycle’s Climate Investments provide critical funding for recycling infrastructure that California needs in order to achieve the statewide goals established in:
• SB 1383 (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) to reduce the
  amount of organic material going to landfills by 50 percent by
  2020 and 75 percent by 2025, and recover at least 20% of edible
  food for human consumption by 2025
• AB 1826 (Chesbro, Chapter 727, Statutes of 2014) to reduce
  the amount of organic material going to landfills by requiring
  businesses to recycle their organic waste
• AB 341 (Chesbro, Chapter 476, Statutes of 2011) to reduce
  the amount of solid waste going to landfills by 75% by 2020

What California Needs to Do

California will need to move more than 20 million tons a year out of the disposal
stream to meet the above goals. CalRecycle estimates that will require at least:
• 50 to 100 new or expanded organics recycling facilities
• $2 billion to $3 billion in capital investment

How Californians Benefit From Success

• Improved air quality resulting in decreased health impacts, such
  as premature deaths and hospital visits—especially for sensitive
  groups such as children, elderly, and people with chronic heart
  or lung disease
• Hundreds of millions of dollars saved in health care costs
• More than 12,000 additional recycling and manufacturing jobs,
  many in disadvantaged and low-income communities
• Food to help the 1 in 8 Californians, 1 in 2 UC students, and 1 in 5
  California children who are food insecure