[Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents Volume 42, Number 46 (Monday, November 20, 2006)]
[Pages 2053-2054]
[Online from the Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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Proclamation 8083--America Recycles Day, 2006

 November 14, 2006

 By the President of the United States

 of America

 A Proclamation

    Good stewardship of the environment is a personal responsibility and 
an important public value, and on America Recycles Day, we highlight the 
many benefits of recycling. By taking steps to reduce waste and re-use 
materials, we can save precious natural resources, enhance the beauty of 
our communities, and add to the health and prosperity of our Nation.
    Our citizens play an important role in protecting our environment, 
and throughout our country, we are recycling, composting, and helping 
turn materials that would otherwise become waste into valuable 
resources. Recycling helps conserve energy, prevent greenhouse gas 
emissions and water pollutants, and decrease the need for new landfills 
and incinerators.
    Recognizing the importance of recycling, my Administration is 
promoting cooperative efforts to conserve and maintain our natural 
resources. The Environmental Protection Agency is encouraging 
businesses, industries, and communities to work together to promote 
recycling through the Resource Conservation Challenge (RCC). 
Partnerships between government agencies, businesses, industries, and 
private organizations help us to improve practices of recycling, re-use, 
and waste reduction. In addition, my Administration is working with 
businesses through the Plug-In To eCycling Campaign to collect and re-
use computers, cell phones, and other electronics that would otherwise 
become solid or hazardous waste. To further reduce greenhouse gas 
emissions and save energy, the EPA is also partnering with 
manufacturers, utility companies, and construction companies through the 
Industrial Materials Recycling effort to increase the safe re-use of 
industrial byproducts.
    Americans are united in the belief that we have an obligation to be 
good stewards of the environment, and America Recycles Day is an 
opportunity to recommit ourselves to wisely managing our natural 
resources. By promoting responsibility and good citizenship, we can 
build a brighter future for our children and our Nation.
     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, 2006, 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 six, and of the 
Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-
first.
                                                George W. Bush

 [Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 8:45 a.m., November 16, 
2006]

Note: This proclamation was released by the Office of the Press 
Secretary on November 15, and it was published in the Federal Register 
on November 17.

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