SERIOUS about recycling: Jute Coffins (hippyshopper.com)

[eppur_se_muova]

Jute coffins breathe new life into dying Dundee industry

A funeral director in Dundee has helped revive the local jute industry by creating jute coffins. The Company, J Funerals, have been making urns, linings and shrouds from the biodegradable material for years, and now they have added coffins to their collection. The Managing Director said it's been a dream of hers for many years, not only to help the dying jute industry in her home city, but also to respond to the demand for more eco-friendly funerals.

The coffins are made by layering and compressing felt jute and the outcome is as strong and tough as traditional woods. Although jute is not yet a fairtrade product the company have confirmed they are using an ethically managed factory in India to produce their coffins.
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http://www.hippyshopper.com/2007/06/jute_coffins_br.html

[gateley]

1. Good for them - an industry I'd never given a thought to! Shows there is

improvement to be made in every area of business.

Sick as this sounds, I'm forwarding it to my family so they know I'd like to be put to rest in a jute coffin or a biodegradable urn if that's the way they want to go.

[XemaSab]

2. Biodegradable coffins are only part of the story;

If you want to be green, don't get embalmed. That stuff is poison. :scared: