<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Coffins Made of Newspaper, Cardboard -- Even Banana : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>126641</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/126641/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Coffins Made of Newspaper, Cardboard -- Even Banana]]></title><description><![CDATA[Casket makers catering to natural burials have offered biodegradable coffins made of such materials as recycled newspapers or cardboard. One American company is selling caskets made of banana sheaves. (theme pic is a pineapple leaf coffin)<br/><br/>They take six months to two years to biodegrade.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>132</score><crdate>7/4/2009 12:33:57 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2009-07-04T00:33:57+01:00</atomdate></link><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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