America Recycles Day®
Keep America Beautiful identifies America Recycles Day on November 15 as its national recycling-awareness program
Date and recurrence
15 November each year
This authority record treats the observance as a fixed annual date. The same month and day can be reused unless a stronger source changes the rule.
Scope and status
The verified scope stored for this record is Keep America Beautiful / United States recycling awareness. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.
Also known as
National Recycling Day
Topic and context
What this page does not assume
- Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
- Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
- Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
Sources
- Keep America Beautiful — America Recycles DayOfficial Environmental Campaign
- Keep America Beautiful — America Recycles Day®First Party Campaign
- Keep America Beautiful — ARD FAQFirst Party Reference
Frequently asked questions
When is America Recycles Day®?
15 November each year The stored recurrence guidance is: 15 November.
Does America Recycles Day® fall on the same date every year?
The authority record classifies it as fixed annual, so its month and day are reusable unless stronger evidence changes the rule.
Is America Recycles Day® an official public holiday?
The authority record verifies it within this scope: Keep America Beautiful / United States recycling awareness. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.
Who established or recognizes America Recycles Day®?
The stored designation basis is: Keep America Beautiful identifies America Recycles Day on November 15 as its national recycling-awareness program. Supporting provenance includes Keep America Beautiful — America Recycles Day. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.
Is America Recycles Day® international or country-specific?
No single country is assigned to this record in the authority dataset. The source-defined scope is: Keep America Beautiful / United States recycling awareness. Use that scope rather than assuming worldwide or country-specific status.
How is this page verified?
The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-07.
Other observances on November 15
These records also resolve to November 15, 2026 under the current authority data.
Day of the Imprisoned Writer
PEN International states that each year on 15 November it marks the Day of the Imprisoned Writer; PEN traces the campaign to its Writers in Prison Committee in 1981.
International Day for the Prevention of and Fight against All Forms of Transnational Organized Crime
A/RES/78/267
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