Verification Hold - exact application closing time zone unverified; no ORIGINAL outreach authorizedAtlas Opportunity Score 42/100
CA-CALRECYCLE-EGR3-FY2026-27
California CalRecycle Increased Recycling of Empty Glass Beverage Containers Grant Program FY 2026-27 (EGR3)
Funding$14,198,550 total available; $250,000 minimum and $4,000,000 maximum per award. Applicant must expend matching funds equal to or greater than the grant amount; other CalRecycle funding cannot be used as match.
DeadlineApplication due October 29, 2026. California Grants Portal lists 23:59 but does not state a time zone; the controlling CalRecycle NOFA gives the due date but no closing clock time and states customer service is available only until 4:00 p.m. Secondary authorization documents and EPPP Policy are due December 1, 2026 if not submitted with the application.
Last verifiedSeptember 23, 2026
Required next actionVerification Hold. Opportunity is current and newly opened September 22, 2026. Before publication or ORIGINAL outreach, resolve the exact October 29 application closing time and time zone from controlling CalRecycle guidance, inspect the FY 2026-27 Application Guidelines and Instructions, confirm current scoring/evaluation criteria, required GMS forms and attachments, match documentation, authorization-document requirements, and any Q&A amendments. Do not infer the deadline time zone. No outreach is authorized while this material deadline detail remains ambiguous.
Broad Eligibility
Eligible applicants include Certified Recycling Centers, Certified Collection/Drop-Off Programs, Certified Community Service Programs, and California local governments. Organization types may include local governments, nonprofits, private for-profit entities, and qualifying tribal entities when they provide an eligible service. Projects must create a regional pilot covering five or more restaurants or on-sale licensed establishments and include bin purchases, collection/consolidation, and transport of collected empty glass beverage containers to a glass processing facility.
Atlas Analysis
Legitimate newly opened California-administered competitive opportunity with large awards and broad public/nonprofit/tribal/private organizational categories, but the project model is specialized beverage-container recycling infrastructure and operations. N9+ and QC Healthcare fit are low absent an independently credible eligible recycling project. Atlas grant-assistance relevance may exist for qualified municipalities, tribes, nonprofits, or recycling operators. Publication and outreach remain held because the exact application deadline time zone is not yet authoritative and the current FY 2026-27 application guidelines could not be fully inspected in this run.
Source verificationOfficial government source · calrecycle.ca.govAtlas last verified this record September 23, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗