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MCAS Cherry Point News

 

Five Important Reasons Why Americans Should Recycle: ::r::::n::Saves Natural Resources - By making products from recycled materials instead of virgin materials, we conserve land and reduce the need to drill for oil and dig for minerals. Saves Energy - It usually takes less energy to make recycled products; recycled aluminum, for example, takes 95% less energy than new aluminum from bauxite ore. ::r::::n::Saves Energy - It usually takes less energy to make recycled products; recycled aluminum, for example, takes 95% less energy than new aluminum from bauxite ore. ::r::::n::Saves Clean Air and Water - In most cases, making products from recycled materials creates less air pollution and water pollution than making products from virgin materials. ::r::::n::Saves Landfill Space - When the materials that you recycle go into new products, they don't go into landfills or incinerators, so landfill space is conserved. ::r::::n::Saves Money and Creates Jobs - The recycling process creates far more jobs than landfills or incinerators, and recycling can frequently be the least expensive waste management method or cities and towns. ::r::::n:: - Five Important Reasons Why Americans Should Recycle: ::r::::n::Saves Natural Resources - By making products from recycled materials instead of virgin materials, we conserve land and reduce the need to drill for oil and dig for minerals. Saves Energy - It usually takes less energy to make recycled products; recycled aluminum, for example, takes 95% less energy than new aluminum from bauxite ore. ::r::::n::Saves Energy - It usually takes less energy to make recycled products; recycled aluminum, for example, takes 95% less energy than new aluminum from bauxite ore. ::r::::n::Saves Clean Air and Water - In most cases, making products from recycled materials creates less air pollution and water pollution than making products from virgin materials. ::r::::n::Saves Landfill Space - When the materials that you recycle go into new products, they don't go into landfills or incinerators, so landfill space is conserved. ::r::::n::Saves Money and Creates Jobs - The recycling process creates far more jobs than landfills or incinerators, and recycling can frequently be the least expensive waste management method or cities and towns. ::r::::n::

(Far left standing) Dan Daniels, the All-Marine softball team coach, poses with the 15 Marines and Sailors he selected to represent the East Coast during the announcement of the All-Marine softball camp canidates following the East Coast regional tournament Aug. 25. There were three Marines selected from the Quantico team that earned honors as champion of the ECR tournament; four selected from the second place team, New River; a Marine and Sailor from Cherry Point; four from the II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune team; and two from the Camp Lejeune Division team.::r::::n::The All-Marine camp started Friday and runs through Sept. 16. Daniels will choose the best 15 out of more than 30 Marines and Sailors who came from Marine installations all around the world to compete in the armed forces softball tournament at Navel Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 18-24.::r::::n:: - (Far left standing) Dan Daniels, the All-Marine softball team coach, poses with the 15 Marines and Sailors he selected to represent the East Coast during the announcement of the All-Marine softball camp canidates following the East Coast regional tournament Aug. 25. There were three Marines selected from the Quantico team that earned honors as champion of the ECR tournament; four selected from the second place team, New River; a Marine and Sailor from Cherry Point; four from the II Marine Expeditionary Force Camp Lejeune team; and two from the Camp Lejeune Division team.::r::::n::The All-Marine camp started Friday and runs through Sept. 16. Daniels will choose the best 15 out of more than 30 Marines and Sailors who came from Marine installations all around the world to compete in the armed forces softball tournament at Navel Air Station Pensacola, Fla., Sept. 18-24.::r::::n::

Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point