America Recycles Day, 2024, 91523-91524 [2024-27258]

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 91523-91524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27258]



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Vol. 89

Tuesday,

No. 223

November 19, 2024

Part III





The President





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Proclamation 10858--America Recycles Day, 2024


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 89 , No. 223 / Tuesday, November 19, 2024 / 
Presidential Documents

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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 10858 of November 14, 2024

                
America Recycles Day, 2024

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                On America Recycles Day, we recognize the important 
                role recycling plays in helping secure a more 
                sustainable and prosperous future for generations to 
                come. We show our gratitude for all the people who work 
                hard to make sure we limit our waste and responsibly 
                steward our national resources. And we recommit to 
                building a Nation where we address the existential risk 
                of climate change and where everyone can enjoy the 
                benefits of a greener world.

                Producing and processing the materials we use every day 
                cause more than a third of the world's greenhouse gas 
                emissions, contributing to the threat of climate 
                change. The health and well-being of too many people 
                suffer due to the damaging effects of pollution and the 
                toxins released when waste is landfilled, dumped, or 
                incinerated. That is why it is so important to reduce 
                waste and recycle. When we reduce waste, we conserve 
                the energy and natural resources needed to make these 
                materials. And when we recycle, we give these materials 
                another life--reducing the need for more production. 
                But recycling is still too difficult. Too many 
                Americans are unsure of where and which materials can 
                be recycled. And when materials do end up in recycling, 
                municipalities struggle to find markets for them.

                To make recycling easier and more efficient, my 
                Bipartisan Infrastructure Law made the largest 
                investment in recycling in nearly three decades. It has 
                launched hundreds of new projects that are helping to 
                support manufacturing, improve waste management, 
                advance environmental justice, and educate people about 
                recycling. My Administration also released the first 
                comprehensive, Government-wide strategy to limit the 
                harms of plastic pollution at production, processing, 
                use, and disposal, and we announced a goal to end the 
                use of single-use plastics in the Federal Government by 
                2035. We also crafted the first-ever National Strategy 
                for Reducing Food Loss and Waste and Recycling Organics 
                to coordinate agencies in recycling organic materials 
                like food waste while cutting costs for families. At 
                the same time, we have been pursuing the initiatives 
                outlined in our National Recycling Strategy to improve 
                our recycling and waste management systems, working to 
                find ways to better collect recyclable products, reach 
                markets for these materials, and develop new 
                technologies that will protect public health and the 
                environment. All this contributes to my 
                Administration's ambitious work to reach net-zero 
                greenhouse gas emissions by 2050--to that end, my 
                Inflation Reduction Act made the largest investment in 
                climate action in history.

                We have made important progress toward building an 
                economy that values recycling, but there is still more 
                to do. Each of us can play a role in protecting our 
                natural environment and addressing the existential risk 
                of climate change by recycling--remember to dispose of 
                waste in the proper bins whenever possible, reuse 
                containers, compost food, and use products made with 
                recycled materials. I call on manufacturers and 
                corporations to ensure their products and materials are 
                reusable and recyclable when possible and limit the use 
                of non-recyclable packaging. On America Recycles Day, 
                may we recommit to building a better, healthier future 
                through recycling.

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                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, 
                2024, 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 environmental 
                efforts by recycling throughout the year.

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

[FR Doc. 2024-27258
Filed 11-18-24; 11:15 am]
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