America Recycles Day, 2009

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Title 3--
The President

Proclamation 8453 of November 13, 2009

America Recycles Day, 2009

By the President of the United States of America

A Proclamation

Every day, Americans who recycle conserve valuable
resources while reducing our Nation's carbon footprint.
The reprocessing of materials is fundamental to our
future prosperity, as recycling helps preserve our
natural environment and sustain our economy. Recycling
in the United States is a $236 billion industry,
employing 1.1 million workers nationwide in 56,000
businesses. On America Recycles Day, we celebrate the
individuals, communities, local governments, and
businesses that recycle their waste and continually
think of innovative ways to use materials that might
otherwise be discarded.

Recycling improves our daily lives and helps to protect
our planet for the future. Through recycling, we
conserve energy, consume less of our precious natural
resources, decrease the amount of waste deposited in
landfills, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Communities across America also benefit by avoiding the
pollution associated with the extraction of raw
materials and their processing into finished products.

If we are to manage materials and products on a life-
cycle basis, we must responsibly use and reuse our
resources. Curbside recycling, electronics collection
drives, community composting programs, and other
similar methods contribute to the success of our
efforts. Our Nation's health and prosperity depends on
the productive and sustainable use of our environment.
By recommitting ourselves to recycling, we have the
opportunity to secure our long-term success and ensure
a bright future for the next generation of Americans.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, 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, 2009, as
America Recycles Day. I call upon the people of the
United States to observe this day with appropriate
programs and activities, and I encourage all Americans
to continue their recycling efforts throughout the
year.

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