Friday, January 18, 2008

Dad's type of burial

I saw this and thought there might be some good things that the environmentalist are pushing for....

An eco-friendly farewell

Some people request to be cremated, with their ashes spread at their favorite place. Others wish for a traditional ceremony with flowers and all of their loved ones present. However, a recent trend is to have a green funeral—down to the casket itself—according to a Dec. 27 article for CNN.com. Choosing biodegradable coffins and green funerals eliminates the use of laminated caskets, cement vaults and formaldehyde embalming, and can include anything from bamboo caskets with unbleached cotton lining to a US$100 cardboard box. With U.S. funeral homes generating more than US$10 billion in revenue annually, the market for green funerals could be quite promising.

2 comments:

Marnee Marriott said...

Nice idea... but can you really picture a cardboard box sitting out in the church for the viewing? Maybe everyone can draw pictures and sign their name to it... as some new kind of "guest book" for funerals.

Definitely more cost-effective, but I have a hard time believing that someone would buy a cardboard box for their loved one to be buried in.

Jon and Jane Moser said...

I think the casket rental business might become popular. I have always thought that would be great. Why spend a fortune on a beautiful casket just to be burried in the ground.

Marnee, maybe the new "guest book" for funerals could be a new market for you. Have pictures of the deceased all over the casket! :)