Dear BEST'ers

The US Navy uses a lot of mattresses, but they are now recycling them. 
The Navy started a program with Nine Lives Mattress Recycling. The Navy 
pays $5 a mattress and the recycling company is able to recycle about 90 
percent of the material in the mattress. Hilton is also beginning to 
recycle their mattresses. Your average mattress contains about 25 pounds 
of steel and 9 pounds of cotton. There are over 40 mattress recycling 
companies in US and Canada.

https://webmail.ufl.edu/?_task=mail&_id=10171060850a3b1b73c255&_action=compose

At Hilton, U.S. Navy, recycling goes to the mattresses
Bruce Kennedy
November 12, 2012
GreenBiz.com