The Closed Loop Infrastructure Fund accepts applications on a rolling basis and provides below-market rate loans to North American municipalities and companies to improve recycling infrastructure.
What We Do
We fund replicable, scalable, and financially sustainable recycling infrastructure and innovation projects across four primary categories:
Collection
Sortation
Processing or reclamation
End product manufacturing
How We Do It
We provide zero interest loans to municipalities and below market rate loans to private companies.
Typical loan size is $3-$5M over a 3-10 year term. Please note that each asset-based loan is secured by collateral.
We invest in best-in-class operators who are leaders in their industry and primarily focused in the United States.
Our Investment Criteria
Applications are evaluated based on the following criteria:
Greenhouse gas emissions reduced/avoided
Materials diversion from landfill
Applicant’s ability to repay
Replicability and scalability of the project or model
Amount of increase in access to or participation in recycling
Amount of increase in the recovery and/or reuse of post-consumer commodities (i.e., plastics, paper, glass, or metal)
Economic benefit(s) to the community(ies) served by the project or company
Ability for the applicant and/or project to leverage additional sources of capital
What You Get, If Approved Loan capital (with potential for follow-on investment), technical support and advice, access to our industry expertise and network, and promotion of your project as a case study example through our various communication channels.
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