[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 39, Number 46 (Monday, November 17, 2003)]
[Pages 1613-1614]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 7734--America Recycles Day, 2003

 November 14, 2003

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    To preserve America's majestic beauty, we must conserve our natural 
resources and practice responsible stewardship. On America Recycles Day, 
we reaffirm our commitment to conservation and recognize the increase in 
recycling in the last two decades.

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    Twenty-five years ago, only one community in the United States had a 
curbside recycling program. Today, more than 9,000 communities have 
curbside collection, and many others provide drop-off centers or 
cooperative collection facilities. Businesses and communities are 
boosting recycling collection efforts, and companies are using new 
technologies and methods to manufacture products more efficiently. 
Manufacturers, retailers, and governmental and non-governmental 
organizations are engaging in voluntary product stewardship partnerships 
to reduce waste. Industries are also discovering ways to reduce waste 
and cost, cut pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve 
energy and water.
    Many of the products used every day, including aluminum cans, 
appliances, office paper, cardboard boxes, furniture, and clothing 
contain recycled materials. We also recycle motor oil, tires, plastic, 
glass, batteries, and building materials, and we are developing new ways 
to recycle electronic products--the fastest growing portion of America's 
municipal waste.
    On America Recycles Day, I encourage individuals, businesses, 
communities, tribes, and government to continue to work together as good 
stewards of America's resources. By using our resources wisely, we help 
build a stronger economy and a healthier future.
     Now, Therefore, I, George W. Bush, President of the United States 
of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution 
and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 15, 2003, as 
America Recycles Day. I call upon the people of the United States to 
observe this day with appropriate programs and activities.
     In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this fourteenth day 
of November, in the year of our Lord two thousand three, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-
eighth.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 17, 
2003]

Note: This proclamation will be published in the Federal Register on 
November 18.