Presidential Documents

91523 

Federal Register 

Vol. 89, No. 223 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 

Title 3— 

The President 

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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91524 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 223 / Tuesday, November 19, 2024 / Presidential Documents 

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. 

[FR Doc. 2024–27258 

Filed 11–18–24; 11:15 am] 

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