[United States Statutes at Large, Volume 120, 109th Congress, 2nd Session]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

 
PROCLAMATION 8083--NOV. 14, 2006
Proclamation 8083 of November 14, 2006
America Recycles Day, 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.

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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