[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 221 (Thursday, November 17, 2022)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 68885-68886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25195]


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 Title 3--
 The President

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                Proclamation 10496 of November 14, 2022

                
America Recycles Day, 2022

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On America Recycles Day, we promote the benefits of 
                recycling for our health, environment, and economy and 
                we reenergize the efforts all of us can take to meet 
                the obligations we have as a Nation to future 
                generations. By manufacturing and packaging more 
                recyclable products, producing less waste, and reusing 
                precious resources, we can cut greenhouse gas 
                emissions, create new good-paying jobs, and do our part 
                to help address the climate crisis.

                While we know its benefits, recycling is at a 
                crossroads today in many parts of this country. Too 
                many Americans are uncertain about what materials can 
                or should be recycled. Municipalities have trouble 
                finding markets for their recycled waste. Also, as we 
                extract and process more natural resources when we 
                could otherwise reuse materials, we emit dangerous 
                greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. People of color 
                and low-income Americans, who are more likely to live 
                near landfills and other waste processing plants, often 
                suffer disproportionately from the damaging effects of 
                pollution, which impact their health, their 
                livelihoods, and the quality of their lives.

                In response, my Administration has released a National 
                Recycling Strategy to guide our efforts to educate 
                Americans about recycling best-practices. This strategy 
                discusses ways to improve collection methods of 
                recyclable products, how to more effectively identify 
                markets for these materials, and how to fund the next 
                generation of recycling technologies. It encourages 
                investments in technologies that recycle important 
                resources. It also strengthens the steps my 
                Administration has taken to address climate change and 
                achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by no later 
                than 2050, including by signing the Inflation Reduction 
                Act into law--a historic investment in clean energy 
                manufacturing and climate action.

                For the health of our planet, we must build an economy 
                that prioritizes reducing, reusing, and recycling 
                materials. The Federal Government can--and should--lead 
                by example, but each of us has a role to play. Today, I 
                call on all Americans to take action in their own 
                lives: Dispose of waste in the proper bins whenever 
                possible, reuse containers, compost food, and use 
                products made with recycled materials. I also call on 
                all manufacturers and corporations to do their part to 
                improve the reusability and recyclability of the 
                products they sell and to reduce the amount of non-
                recyclable packaging they use. Together, as we activate 
                our collective will and actualize our shared 
                responsibility, we can create a cleaner and greener 
                country that secures our future for generations to 
                come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of 
                the United States of America, by virtue of the 
                authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws 
                of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 15, 
                2022, as America Recycles Day. I call upon the people 
                of the United States of America to observe this day 
                with appropriate programs and activities, and I 
                encourage all Americans to continue their reducing, 
                reusing, and recycling efforts throughout the year.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fourteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand twenty-two, and of the Independence of the 
                United States of America the two hundred and forty-
                seventh.
                
                
                    (Presidential Sig.)

[FR Doc. 2022-25195
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