[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 223 (Friday, November 17, 2000)]
[Presidential Documents]
[Pages 69653-69654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29727]



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Part V





The President





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Proclamation 7377--America Recycles Day, 2000


                        Presidential Documents 



Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 223 / Friday, November 17, 2000 / 
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Title 3--
The President

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                Proclamation 7377 of November 15, 2000

                
America Recycles Day, 2000

                By the President of the United States of America

                A Proclamation

                As we look forward to Thanksgiving, our annual 
                celebration of America's great bounty, it is 
                appropriate to observe America Recycles Day and focus 
                on how to preserve that bounty for the benefit of 
                future generations.

                Recycling waste and purchasing products made from 
                recycled materials are among the easiest and most 
                effective measures every American can take to conserve 
                our resources and create a cleaner environment. 
                Currently, our country recovers more than 28 percent of 
                the billions of pounds of waste generated by Americans 
                annually--an effort that translates into enough savings 
                to supply the energy needs of 9 million U.S. 
                households. But the recycling process succeeds only 
                when recovered materials are returned to retailers as 
                new products that are purchased by consumers; 
                otherwise, the recycled products themselves must be 
                disposed of as waste.

                Buying recycled products conserves resources, reduces 
                water and air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, 
                and saves energy. While beneficial for the environment, 
                the recycling process is good for our economy as well. 
                By promoting the development of markets for recycled 
                products, we are also creating new jobs, many of which 
                are in America's inner cities, where job creation is 
                particularly critical. It is estimated that while 
                incinerating 10,000 tons of waste creates 1 job, and 
                landfilling the same amount creates 6 jobs, recycling 
                the same 10,000 tons creates 36 jobs. Nationwide, 
                recycling and remanufacturing provide 1 million jobs 
                and $100 billion in revenue.

                To ensure the Federal Government's leadership in the 
                recycling effort, I signed an Executive Order in 1998 
                directing all Federal agencies to expand and strengthen 
                their commitment to recycling and buying recycled-
                content and environmentally preferable products. The 
                Federal Government now purchases more than $350 million 
                in recycled-content products annually--an increase of 
                $112 million a year, or 30 percent, from just a decade 
                ago.

                America Recycles Day helps us to build on this progress 
                by uniting environmental and community organizations, 
                business and industry, and agencies at all levels of 
                government as partners in the vital effort to keep 
                recycling working. By encouraging every business and 
                consumer in America to start or enhance recycling 
                efforts and to buy recycled-content products, we can 
                sustain our economy, improve our environment, and 
                preserve our precious natural resources for the sake of 
                generations to come.

                NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, 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, 2000, as 
                America Recycles Day. I urge all Americans to observe 
                this day with appropriate ceremonies and activities and 
                to take personal responsibility for the environment not 
                only by recycling, but also by choosing to purchase and 
                use products made from recycled materials.

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                IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 
                fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord two 
                thousand, and of the Independence of the United States 
                of America the two hundred and twenty-fifth.

                    (Presidential Sig.)<Clinton1><Clinton2>

[FR Doc. 00-29727
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