Circular Economy Grants

The NextCycle Michigan Circular Economy Grants program, supported by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), provides grant funding to advance circular economy initiatives across the state. The program is designed to support projects that keep materials in circulation to realize their full useful life, minimize waste, and divert materials from landfills.

Eligible applicants include public, private, Tribal, institutional, and nonprofit organizations, including entrepreneurs, businesses, local governments, community associations, and collaborative partnerships. To be eligible, proposed initiatives must be located in Michigan and/or demonstrate the potential to directly address and recover materials generated within the State of Michigan.

Eligible projects focus on material reuse, repair, recycling, organic material recovery (including food scraps, agricultural, and wood waste), or the incorporation of recycled or recovered content into new products. Supported activities can encompass collection, hauling, transfer, processing infrastructure, and recycled-content manufacturing.

Applications are submitted online through the NextCycle Michigan portal during designated funding cycles. The program is not currently accepting applications. Interested organizations are encouraged to subscribe to program updates to be notified when the next grant application cycle opens.