Presidential Document2021-25192
America Recycles Day, 2021
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November 17, 2021
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November 12, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 17, 2021)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25192]
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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 219 / Wednesday, November 17, 2021 /
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Proclamation 10308 of November 12, 2021
America Recycles Day, 2021
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
In recent months, I have traveled across the country to
see firsthand the devastating toll of climate change. I
have walked down streets in Louisiana, New Jersey, and
New York where deadly storms and floods have destroyed
the lives of working families, wiping homes and
businesses off the map. I have sat with firefighters in
Boise, Idaho, and surveyed damage from the Caldor Fire
in northern California--just one large wildfire among
dozens that together have burned more acres of American
land this year than make up the State of New Jersey.
Communities encompassing the homes of more than 100
million people--about 1 in 3 Americans--have been
struck by extreme weather events in the last few months
alone. Climate change is a blinking code red for our
Nation.
This crisis poses an existential threat, but we also
know that it is within our power to defeat it. Today,
half of all global greenhouse gas emissions are created
when natural resources are taken from the Earth and
made into usable products. By reducing, reusing, and
recycling, we can decrease waste and the greenhouse
gases that fuel the climate crisis while protecting our
communities and our environment. On America Recycles
Day, we celebrate efforts across the country to manage
our resources responsibly and creatively, and we
recommit ourselves to building a brighter and more
sustainable future for all people.
Although we have made significant progress since the
first America Recycles Day over 2 decades ago, we still
have work to do. Black, Brown, Indigenous, and low-
income communities continue to be disproportionately
impacted by higher pollution levels as well as
detrimental health and environmental impacts from
mismanaged waste. Our Nation's infrastructure has not
kept pace with today's changing waste stream, and
markets for recycled materials are decreasing. To
improve our national recycling system and manage our
precious resources equitably and sustainably, it is
going to take all of us--including Federal, State,
Tribal, and local governments, our partners in the
private sector, and individual Americans making a
difference in their communities. We must continue to
work together to properly recycle and manage materials
throughout their lifecycles and ensure that every
American's right to a healthy environment is fulfilled
and protected.
To help our Nation achieve our environmental and
recycling goals, my Administration is releasing a
National Recycling Strategy, which identifies
objectives and actions necessary to help fight climate
change and create a sustainable national recycling
system. The actions this strategy recommends will help
us reach our national recycling goal, and the Federal
Government will lead by example across our Federal
buildings, lands, and national parks. The strategy also
aims to increase access to recycling so that all
Americans can meaningfully participate while ensuring
that our solid waste management system does not
disproportionately affect communities that are already
overburdened with environmental impacts. Our
workplaces, communities, and Federal, State, Tribal,
and local governments can all take part in reshaping
our recycling system into one that puts the United
States
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at the forefront of environmental stewardship. You can
visit <a href="http://www.epa.gov/recycle">www.epa.gov/recycle</a> for more information on
reducing, reusing, and recycling.
As we continue to pursue bold action to tackle climate
change, we can all do our part to create a more
sustainable future by making simple changes in our own
lives. Today and every day, we reaffirm our commitment
to preserving our precious resources and creating a
healthier, cleaner, more just world for our children
and future generations.
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,
2021, 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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
twelfth day of November, in the year of our Lord two
thousand twenty-one, and of the Independence of the
United States of America the two hundred and forty-
sixth.
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