<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - navy-mattress</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/navy-mattress</link><description>Newsvine - navy-mattress</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:34:06 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sun, 26 May 2013 08:48:24 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Navy sending fewer ship mattresses to landfills</title>
<description><![CDATA[When the USS Enterprise returns home from its final deployment, one of the first items that will be stripped from the aircraft carrier will be the thousands of mattresses its sailors have worn out over the past few years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brock Vergakis]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Brock Vergakis]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14716885-navy-sending-fewer-ship-mattresses-to-landfills</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/26/14716885-navy-sending-fewer-ship-mattresses-to-landfills</guid><category>us</category><category>navy</category><category>us-news</category><category>recycling</category><category>uss-enterprise</category><category>mattress</category><category>mattress-recycling</category><category>navy-mattress</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:19:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58d668dc-9749-4397-96c9-c3a185f873b1.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=58d668dc-9749-4397-96c9-c3a185f873b1.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Oct. 15, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Navy, sailors from USS Abraham Lincoln load used mattresses onto a truck to be recycled at Pier 11 Naval Station in Norfolk, Va.  The mattresses from two Virginia-based aircraft carriers and an amphibious transport dock are having their parts recycled by a South Carolina company this year for other uses. In all, the Navy plans to recycle 13,000 mattresses from the USS Enterprise, USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Mesa Verde as part of a pilot program run by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic's Integrated Solid Waste. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, John Land)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29edf65f-9c7e-4ca1-b06c-cb89b6b7b700.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=29edf65f-9c7e-4ca1-b06c-cb89b6b7b700.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Oct. 15, 2012 photo provided by the U.S. Navy,mattresses from the USS Abraham Lincoln to be recycled await transport on Pier 11 Naval Station in Norfolk, Va.  The mattresses from two Virginia-based aircraft carriers and an amphibious transport dock are having their parts recycled by a South Carolina company this year for other uses. In all, the Navy plans to recycle 13,000 mattresses from the USS Enterprise, USS Abraham Lincoln and USS Mesa Verde as part of a pilot program run by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Mid-Atlantic's Integrated Solid Waste. (AP Photo/U.S. Navy, John Land) Recycling&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>