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Proclamation 8601

America Recycles Day, 2010

In simple terms

This proclamation designates November 15, 2010 as America Recycles Day, celebrating recycling efforts and encouraging continued action. It highlights the economic and environmental benefits of recycling, with particular emphasis on the challenge of electronic waste and the need for responsible electronics stewardship. The proclamation notes the establishment of an interagency task force to develop a national strategy for federal electronics management but issues no binding directives.

Record & deadlines

  1. Signed

    Signed by the President

  2. FR published

    Published in the Federal Register · 75 FR 71003

  3. November 15, 2010 designated as America Recycles Day

Key directives

No discrete directives extracted.

What to expect

Immediate

  • November 15, 2010 designated as America Recycles Day

Near term (90d)

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Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • Proclamation mentions interagency task force for electronics stewardship but provides no deadline or accountability mechanism for its national strategy
  • Reference to preventing export of hazardous e-waste to developing nations lacks enforceable commitment
Proclamation 8601: America Recycles Day, 2010 · Executive Orders