PROCLAMATION 7251—NOV. 18, 1999 113 STAT. 2177 recycled materials. Buying recycled products conserves resources, reduces water and air pollution, saves energy, and creates jobs. Producing 1 ton of paper from recycled pulp saves 17 trees, 3 cubic yards of landfill space, and 7000 gallons of water. It ELISO reduces air pollutants by 60 pounds, saves 390 gallons of oil, and conserves 4200 kilowatt hours of energy—enough to heat a home for half a year. Estimates show that 9 jobs are created for every 15,000 tons of solid waste recy- cled into new products. The U.S. Government has helped promote recycling by purchasing recycled-content products—in fiscal 1997 alone, v^e purchased $354 million worth of such products. In September of 1998, I was proud to sign Executive Order 13101—Greening the Government Through Waste Prevention, Recycling, and Federal Acquisition—^which directed all Federal agencies to expand and strengthen the Federal Government's dedication to recycling and to buying products made with recycled content. This responsible use of Government purchasing power will not only help the environment, but will also stimulate liie growth of clean industries in the 21st century. America Recycles Day unites business and industry, enviroimiental and civic groups, and local, State, and Federal (government agencies to encourage recycling. This partnership challenges all businesses and consumers in America to increase their purchases of recycled products, to boost their recycling efforts, and to start new recycling progreims. The theme for this year's observance—"For Our Children's Future.. . Buy Recycled Today"—reminds us of the profound and long-term implications of the actions we take today. By using products with recy- cled content and creating new markets for such, products, we will conserve America's precious natural resources foir the benefit of generations to come. NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM J. CLINTON, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority v(3sted in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim November 15, 1999, as America Recycles Day. I urge eili 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. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this fifteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord nintsteen hvmdred and ninety-nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hvmdred and twenty-fourth. WILLIAM J. CLINTON Proclamation 7251 of November 18, 1999 National Great American Smokeout Day, 1999 By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation Tobacco use continues to be the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States, costing more than 400,000 lives and
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