The RMDZ (Recycling Market Development Zone) is a program funded through the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). The RMDZ program provides low interest loans and technical assistance to firms that use recycled materials to make new products or that prevent or reduce waste as part of the manufacturing process.

The purpose of the RMDZ program is to assist businesses to find innovative ways to cost-effectively produce less waste and more product for greater profits.

Businesses and nonprofit organizations located in the Santa Barbara Regional RMDZ are eligible to participate.

Low-interest loans to eligible businesses that:

• Manufacture a new product by using secondary (post consumer or post industrial) waste materials.
• Achieve a net reduction in the waste generated from the manufacturing of a product.
• Add value to a finished product for reuse by reconditioning, reprocessing, repairing, washing, or re-manufacturing.

• 75% of a project’s cost or $2 million, whichever is less.
• For real estate purposes, a maximum of $1 million may be borrowed.
• Loan term may not exceed 10 years (15 years if secured by commercial real estate).
• Fixed interest rate for the term of the loan.

For more details contact:

Dave Cross
RMDZ Program Manager
dave@santamaria.com
Mobile: (805) 680-5016